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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Nesomyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Dendromurinae
--> GENUS Megadendromus
SPECIES Megadendromus nikolausi
| Author: | Dieterlen and Rupp, 1978. | | Citation: | Z. Säugetierk., 43: 131. | | Common Name: | Nikolaus’s African Climbing Mouse | | Type Locality: | Ethiopia, S Goba, Bale Mtns. | | Distribution: | Bale Mtns and Mt Chilalo in Ethiopia in ericaceous scrub moorland, 3000-3800 m. | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Known by less than ten specimens (Demeter and Topal, 1982; Dieterlen and Rupp, 1978; Denys et al., 1995; MCZ 57324). Morphology and ecology covered in detail by Dieterlen and Rupp (1978); Demeter and Topal (1982) provided additional habitat information. Reviewed as another Ethiopian endemic by Yalden and Largen (1992) and Yalden et al. (1996). |
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