Species Dendromus mystacalis Heuglin, 1863 (Chestnut climbing mouse)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Rodentia
  • ---- family: Muridae
  • ----- species: Dendromus mystacalis
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
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
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 112
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