The chestnut climbing mouse (''Dendromus mystacalis'') is a species of
rodent in the family
Nesomyidae.
It is found in
Angola,
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Lesotho
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,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Rwanda
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,
South Africa,
Eswatini
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,
Tanzania,
Uganda,
Zambia, and
Zimbabwe.
Its natural
habitats are dry
savanna and moist savanna.
References
* Coetzee, N. & Monadjem, A. 2004.
Dendromus mystacalis 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 9 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.
Dendromus
Rodents of Africa
Mammals described in 1863
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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