Chestnut climbing mouse

Chestnut climbing mouse
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Genus: Dendromus
Species: D. mystacalis
Binomial name
Dendromus mystacalis
(Heuglin, 1863)

The chestnut climbing mouse (Dendromus mystacalis) is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and moist savanna.

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