Brant's Climbing Mouse
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Dendromus mesomelas (Brants, 1827) |
Brant's Climbing Mouse (Dendromus mesomelas) is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. It it 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 montanes, dry savanna, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
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- Coetzee, N. & Monadjem, A. 2004. Dendromus mesomelas. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
- 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.