Dendromus pseudomystacalis
Kerbis Peterhans, Lavrenchenko, Mulualem, Craig, Meheretu, & Bryja in Mulualem, Lavrenchenko, Kerbis Peterhans, Mikula, Bryjová, Meheretu, & Bryja, 2024
Ethiopian Highland 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
Mulualem, G., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Mikula, O., Bryjová, A., Meheretu, Y. and Bryja, J. 2024-10-17. Taxonomic revision and evolutionary history of the climbing mice in eastern Africa (Dendromus mystacalis clade): the role of elevation and geographical barriers in the speciation process. Organisms Diversity & Evolution (in press).
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-024-00659-6Original name as described
Dendromus pseudomystacalis
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:229596
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Ethiopia, Amhara Regional State, North Gondar Zone, Debark Woreda, Simien Mountains National Park, Sankober Camp: 13.23159° N, 38.03767° E, elevation 3240 m a.s.l."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Ethiopia
Taxonomy notes
recently described based on populations previously attributed to D. mystacalis
Taxonomy notes citation
Mulualem, G., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Mikula, O., Bryjová, A., Meheretu, Y. and Bryja, J. 2024-10-17. Taxonomic revision and evolutionary history of the climbing mice in eastern Africa (Dendromus mystacalis clade): the role of elevation and geographical barriers in the speciation process. Organisms Diversity & Evolution (in press).
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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