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Chestnut climbing mouse

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Chestnut climbing mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Genus: Dendromus
Species:
D. mystacalis
Binomial name
Dendromus mystacalis
(Heuglin, 1863)

The chestnut climbing mouse (Dendromus mystacalis) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and moist savanna.

References

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  • Coetzee, N. & Monadjem, A. 2004. Dendromus mystacalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 9 July 2007.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.