Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Dendromus nyasae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Graaff, G. de
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1981-01-01 / 1981-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Rodents of Southern Africa
Page(s):
267
Publisher:
Butterworth & Co.
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
0-409-09829-9/
Notes:
Reference for:
Dendromus nyasae
Dendromus nyasae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Dendromus nyasae: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc) as D. kivu
Comment:
Comments: Dendromus nyasae and the three names in synonymy (based on study of all holotypes) have been treated as subspecies of the southern African D. mesomelas (Bohmann, 1942; Misonne, 1974). The latter is larger in external dimensions; has longer pelage with upperparts brighter and buffier (darker, tawny hue in D. nyasae), underparts white usually suffused with pale buff or ochraceous (dark grayish white in D. nyasae); its skull is more robust with narrow interorbital and postorbital regions and m...