HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Nesomyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Dendromurinae
--> GENUS Dendromus
SPECIES Dendromus kahuziensis
Author: | Dieterlen, 1969. | Citation: | Z. Säugetierk., 34: 348-353. | Common Name: | Mt Kahuzi African Climbing Mouse | Type Locality: | Dem. Rep. Congo, Kivu, Mt Kahuzi, 2100 m. | Distribution: | Kivu region, E Dem. Rep. Congo. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | A distinctive species with an extremely long tail, broad middorsal stripe, and long gracile rostrum. Still known by few specimens from montane forest-bamboo habitat (Dieterlen, 1969a, 1976c). |
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