Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Rodentia
- ---- family: Muridae
- ----- species: Dendromus nyikae
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Characteristics: | herbivore; length: 16cm, tail-length: 9 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: | - MZ
- Mozambique
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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Ecoregions: | - AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT1006
- Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
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References: | Stuart and Stuart 2007: 112 |