Dendromus melanotis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	NESOMYIDAE

Scientific Name:

Dendromus melanotis

Species Authority:

(Smith, 1834)

Common Name/s:

English

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Gray African Climbing Mouse, Gray Glimbing Mouse

Synonym/s:

Dendromus leucostomus Monard, 1933

Taxonomic Notes:

We follow Happold (in press) by including Dendromus leucostomus within D. melanotis.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Coetzee, N. & Monadjem, A.

Reviewer/s:

Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Cox, N. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Listed as Least Concern as it is very widespread, it occurs in many protected areas, it has a presumed large population, and there are no known declines in the population.

History:

2004

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Least Concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This wide ranging Subsaharan species occurs along the coast of southern South Africa, north through Swaziland, and up the coast of Mozambique through Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, central Angola, Zambia and the very southern corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It also has disjunct populations in Tanzania, the highlands of Ethiopia, Nigeria, the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, Benin, and Liberia and Guinea. It occurs from sea level up to 2,000 m asl in southern Africa. In Ethiopia it is a high elevation species.
Countries:	Native: Angola (Angola); Benin; Botswana; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Ethiopia; Guinea; Liberia; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Nigeria; Rwanda; South Africa; Swaziland; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
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Population [top]

Population:	Although the species is difficult to trap, it is not thought to be a common species.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The species inhabits grasslands and savanna. It has not been recorded from human habitats.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no major threats to the species.

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats to the species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The range of the species includes several protected areas. This is a species complex that requires taxonomic resolution.

Conservation Actions:

The range of the species includes several protected areas. This is a species complex that requires taxonomic resolution.

Citation:	Coetzee, N. & Monadjem, A. 2008. Dendromus melanotis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 May 2013.
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