Brants's climbing mouse
| Brant's climbing mouse | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Nesomyidae |
| Genus: | Dendromus |
| Species: | D. mesomelas |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendromus mesomelas (Brants, 1827) | |
Brants's climbing mouse (Dendromus mesomelas) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savanna, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It has a total length of about 17 cm and weighs 14 grams. Their litters are born in summer (December to February); a litter has 2-8 pups. Their diet consists primarily of seeds and insects. [2]
References
- ↑ Child, M.F.; Monadjem, A. (2016). "Dendromus mesomelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T6444A22235226. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T6444A22235226.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ Stuart, Chris and Thilde (2007). Field Guide To Mammals of Southern Africa (4th, revised ed.). South Africa: Struik Publishers. p. 112. ISBN 978 1 77007 404 0.
- 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.