MSW Scientific Names

Dendromus messorius



• Author........ : Thomas, 1903.
  
• Citation...... : Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 12:340.
  
• Common Name... : Banana Climbing Mouse
  
• Distribution.. :Benin, Nigeria to Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, and Sudan; limits not yet resolved.
  
• Type Locality. :Cameroon, Efulen.
  
• Comments...... : Treated as part of D. mystacalis by Misonne (1974ref), but regarded as a separate species by Hatt (1940ref) and Dieterlen (1971ref), who pointed out its sympatric distribution with D. mystacalis.