MSW Scientific Names

Dendromus mystacalis



• Author........ : Heuglin, 1863.
  
• Citation...... : Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol., Halle, 30:2, suppl. 5.
  
• Common Name... : Chestnut Climbing Mouse
  
• Distribution.. :From South Africa (see map in Skinner and Smithers, 1990ref:308) north through most of the continent to Ethiopia, S Sudan, Zaire, and N Angola; extent of range unknown.
  
• Type Locality. :Ethiopia, Baschlo region (Ellerman et al., 1953ref, offered additional comments).