Kivu climbing mouse
Appearance
Kivu climbing mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Nesomyidae |
Genus: | Dendromus |
Species: | D. nyasae
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Binomial name | |
Dendromus nyasae Thomas, 1916
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Synonyms | |
kivu Thomas, 1916 |
The Kivu climbing mouse (Dendromus nyasae) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, swamps, arable land, and plantations .
References
[edit]- Dieterlen, F. (2017). "Dendromus kivu". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T6441A22235591. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T6441A22235591.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- 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.