Dendromus Smith, 1829

Denys, Christiane, Missoup, Alain Didier, Nicolas, Violaine, Sylla, Morlaye, Douno, Mory, Kadjo, Blaise, Lalis, Aude & Monadjem, Ara, 2025, Annotated checklist of rodents from a biodiversity hotspot, Mount Nimba (West Africa), Zoosystema 47 (27), pp. 617-689 : 651

Genus Dendromus Smith, 1829 ( Tables 9 ; 10 )

REMARKS

The species from Mount Nimba D. lachaisei Denys & Aniskine, 2012 was recorded both during the dry and wet season from Serengbara ( 600 m), Gouan (1 200 m) and in Mare d’hivernage (1 600 m). Karyotype and the morphological variability were described by Denys & Aniskine (2012) and the chromosome formula is 2N=30, aFN= 56. The molecular analysis confirmed the phylogenetic affinities of the Mount Nimba specimens with other West African forms of clade 3, and its close affinities with D. kumasi Bohmann, 1939 from Ghana and its position within the subgenus Dendromus A. Smith, 1829 ( Voelker et al. 2021). A total of 15 specimens were recovered in 2008 and 10 specimens collected by Heim de Balsac & Lamotte (1958) from Nion crest and Ziela previously attributed to D. cf. melanotis A. Smith, 1834 have been included under this species name. Only one specimen was recorded by Misonne & Verschuren (1976) on the liberian side at Grassfield.