Vernay's Climbing Mouse

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Vernay's Climbing Mouse
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Nesomyidae Genus: Dendromus Species: D. vernayi
Binomial name
Dendromus vernayi Hill & Carter, 1937

Vernay's Climbing Mouse (Dendromus vernayi) is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. It is found only in Angola. Its natural habitat is moist savanna.

[edit] References

• Dieterlen, F. 2004. Dendromus vernayi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 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.

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