Dendromus kumasi
L. Bohmann, 1939
Kumasi 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
Authority citation
Bohmann, L. 1939-08-15. Neue Rassen der Gattung Dendromus A. Smith. Ergebnisse der Ostafrika-Reise Uthmöller-Bohmann. VI. Zoologischer Anzeiger 127(5-6):170-172.
Original name as described
Dendromus pumilio kumasi
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1925.10.24.50
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f2bffc77-ee79-43f1-8036-4131f7f0ac96Type locality
Kumasi, Ghana.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Ghana · Benin · Togo?
Taxonomy notes
split from D. messorius
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. · Voelker, G., Huntley, J. W., Bryja, J., Denys, C., Šumbera, R., Demos, T. C., ... & Peterhans, J. K. (2021). Molecular systematics and biogeographic history of the African climbing-mouse complex (Dendromus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 161, 107166.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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