Dendromus nyasae

O. Thomas, 1916

Kivu African Climbing Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Nesomyidae
Subfamily : Dendromurinae
Genus : Dendromus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1916-08-01. Three new African mice of the genus Dendromus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)18(104):241-243.

Original name as described

Dendromus nyasae

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.10.1.121

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Nyika Plateau, N. Nyasa [District]. Alt. 6500' [= 1981 m]," Malawi.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda · Tanzania · Zambia · Malawi

Taxonomy notes

includes kivu, which has been recognized as a distinct species by some authors

Taxonomy notes citation

Denys, C., & Aniskine, V. (2012). On a new species of Dendromus (Rodentia, Nesomyidae) from Mount Nimba, Guinea. Mammalia, 76(3), 295-308.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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