Dendroprionomys rousseloti

Petter, 1966

Velvet 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 : Dendroprionomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Petter, F. 1966. _Dendroprionomys rousseloti_ gen. nov., sp. nov., rongeur nouveau du Congo (Cricetidae, Dendromurinae). Mammalia 30(1):129-137.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1966.30.1.129

Original name as described

Dendroprionomys rousseloti

Other common names

Congo Tree Mouse · Velvet Climbing Mouse

Type material

MNHN 1949-19

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Zoological Gardens, Brazzaville, SE Republic of the Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003727

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Dendroprionomys rousseloti

Petter, 1966

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

rousseloti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1949-19

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

131

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003727) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6483/115082012) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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