Poemys pecilei
(A. Milne-Edwards in Rivière, 1886)
Pecile's 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 | : Poemys |
Species status
Authority citation
Rivière, É. 1886-07-03. Enseignement des sciences. Exposition de la mission Brazza au Muséum. Revue scientifique 23(1):13-23.
Authority publication link
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k215107z/f19.itemOriginal name as described
Dendromys Pecilei
Type material
MNHN 1886-165
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Inkongo, Republic of the Congo.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Republic of the Congo
Taxonomy notes
split from Dendromus melanotis and moved from Dendromus to Poemys
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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