Dendromus mystacalis Heuglin 1863

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 : 939

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11328747

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scientific name

Dendromus mystacalis Heuglin 1863
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Dendromus mystacalis Heuglin 1863 View in CoL

Dendromus mystacalis Heuglin 1863 View in CoL , Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol., Halle, 30 (2): suppl. 5.

Type Locality: Ethiopia, Baschlo region (Ellerman et al., 1953, offered additional comments).

Vernacular Names: Chestnut African Climbing Mouse.

Synonyms: Dendromus acraeus Wroughton 1909 ; Dendromus ansorgei Thomas and Wroughton 1905 ; Dendromus capitis Heller 1912 ; Dendromus jamesoni Wroughton 1909 ; Dendromus lineatus Heller 1911 ; Dendromus nairobae Osgood 1910 ; Dendromus ochropus Osgood 1910 ; Dendromus pallescens Osgood 1910 ; Dendromus pongolensis Roberts 1931 ; Dendromus uthmoelleri Bohmann 1939 ; Dendromus whytei Wroughton 1909 .

Distribution: Much of C and E Africa (G. M. Allen and Loveridge, 1942; Ansell, 1978, 1989; Ansell and Dowsett, 1988; Delany, 1975; Lawrence and Loveridge, 1953; Smithers, 1971; Smithers and Lobao Tello, 1976; Smithers and Wilson, 1979; Stanley et al., 1998 b), including S Sudan ( Setzer, 1956) and Ethiopia (Lavrenchenko, 2000; Yalden et al., 1996), as far south as Angola ( Crawford-Cabral, 1966 b, 1998) and E South Africa (de Graaff, 1997 ee; Skinner and Smithers, 1990:308; Taylor, 1998); range based also on specimens in AMNH, BMNH, FMNH, and MCZ.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Upperparts are bright ochraceous-buff without a stripe in most samples, a faint strip in others; underparts range from white (usual) to buffy gray, the coloration typical of N Dem. Rep. Congo and AMNH series from Angola ( ansorgei , as per Thomas and Wroughton, 1905; Hill and Carter, 1941; and Hayman, 1963 b). Those samples without a faint middorsal stripe closely resemble D. messorius but are smaller and usually have buffy gray underparts (always white in messorius ). This species is a morphological miniature of southern African D. mesomelas , the two are probably close phylogenetic allies, and both constitute one of the two species-pairs occurring in southern Africa ( Avery, 1998). Morphological variation within this widely ranging species should be investigated to determine whether more than one species is represented.

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Nesomyidae

Genus

Dendromus

Loc

Dendromus mystacalis Heuglin 1863

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

Dendromus mystacalis

Heuglin 1863: suppl. 5
1863
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