Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Rodentia
- ---- family: Muridae
- ----- species: Dendromus mystacalis
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Characteristics: | herbivore; length: 15cm, tail-length: 8 cm; reddish-brown to chestnut colouring, paler on the belly; the tail is longer than the head-and-body length; diffuse dark stripe down the back; |
Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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Ecoregions: |
- AT0115
- Knysna-Amatole montane forests
- AT0116
- KwaZulu-Cape 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
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References: | Stuart and Stuart 2007: 112 |