Banana climbing mouse
Species of rodent
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The banana climbing mouse (Dendromus messorius) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and Togo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
| Banana climbing mouse | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Nesomyidae |
| Genus: | Dendromus |
| Species: | D. messorius |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendromus messorius (Thomas, 1903) | |
References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Schlitter, D. & Dieterlen, F. 2004. Dendromus messorius. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
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