Megadendromus nikolausi Dieterlen and Rupp 1978

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 930-955 : 942

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11328769

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scientific name

Megadendromus nikolausi Dieterlen and Rupp 1978
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Megadendromus nikolausi Dieterlen and Rupp 1978 View in CoL

Megadendromus nikolausi Dieterlen and Rupp 1978 View in CoL , Z. Saugetierk., 43: 131.

Type Locality: Ethiopia, S Goba, Bale Mtns.

Vernacular Names: Nikolaus's African Climbing Mouse.

Distribution: Bale Mtns and Mt Chilalo in Ethiopia in ericaceous scrub moorland, 3000-3800 m.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Known by less than ten specimens ( Demeter and Topal, 1982; Dieterlen and Rupp, 1978; Denys et al., 1995; MCZ 57324). Morphology and ecology covered in detail by Dieterlen and Rupp (1978); Demeter and Topal (1982) provided additional habitat information. Reviewed as another Ethiopian endemic by Yalden and Largen (1992) and Yalden et al. (1996).

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Nesomyidae

Genus

Megadendromus

Loc

Megadendromus nikolausi Dieterlen and Rupp 1978

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Megadendromus nikolausi

Dieterlen and Rupp 1978: 131
1978
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