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Velvet climbing mouse

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Velvet climbing mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Genus: Dendroprionomys
Petter, 1966
Species:
D. rousseloti
Binomial name
Dendroprionomys rousseloti
F. Petter, 1966

The velvet climbing mouse (Dendroprionomys rousseloti) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only in Republic of the Congo.

References

  • Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  • Schlitter, D. 2004. Dendroprionomys rousseloti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.