Cameroon climbing mouse
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| Species: | D. oreas
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| Dendromus oreas Osgood, 1936
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The Cameroon climbing mouse (Dendromus oreas) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.
It is found only in Cameroon.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- 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.
- Schlitter, D. & Dieterlen, F. 2004. Dendromus oreas. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
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