Dendromus lachaisei

Denys & Aniskin, 2012

Lachaise's African Climbing Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Nesomyidae
Subfamily: Dendromurinae
Genus: Dendromus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Denys, C. and Aniskin, V.M. 2012-01-01. On a new species of Dendromus (Rodentia, Nesomyidae) from Mount Nimba, Guinea. Mammalia 76(3):295-308.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2011-0012

Original name as described

Dendromus lachaisei

Other common names

Lachaise's Climbing Mouse

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2011-13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2011-13

Type locality

Mount Nimba, Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cote d'Ivoire · Guinea · Liberia

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Denys, C. and Aniskin, V.M. 2012. On a new species of Dendromus (Rodentia, Nesomyidae) from Mount Nimba, Guinea. Mammalia 76(3):295-308. doi:10.1515/mammalia-2011-0012

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003714

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

Dendromus lachaisei

Denys & Aniskin, 2012

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

lachaisei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2011-13

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

in pitfall A line, 07°38.780N, 08°27.113W, altitude 1642 m) (Figure 1) by Fodé Kourouma and Douno Mory on Mount Nimba in the "Mare d' hivernage" (in UNESCO Biosphere Reserve).

Type locality

Guinea: 7°38′47″N, 8°27′7″W.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2011-13

Authority page

297

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Voelker, Huntley, Bryja, Denys, Šumbera, Demos, Lavrenchenko, Nicolas, Gnoske & Kerbis Peterhans (2021:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/53918)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45958985/45973136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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