Species Dendromus melanotis Smith, 1834 (Gray climbing mouse)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Rodentia
  • ---- family: Muridae
  • ----- species: Dendromus melanotis
Characteristics:herbivore; body-length: 6-9cm, tail-length: 7-13 cm; ash-grey on the back and whitish on the underside; the long, curly tail is used for climbing; the eyes are large;
Countries:

BW
Botswana
MZ
Mozambique
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0116
KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
AT0119
Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
AT0128
Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1009
Highveld grasslands
AT1012
Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
AT1201
Albany thickets
AT1202
Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
AT1203
Montane fynbos and renosterveld
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
AT1316
Namibian savanna woodlands
AT1322
Succulent Karoo
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 214
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/31390600
Place: <p>University of Michigan Museum of Zoology</p>
Creator: Phil Myers, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

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