MSW Scientific Names

Dendromus oreas



• Author........ : Osgood, 1936.
  
• Citation...... : Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 20:236.
  
• Common Name... : Cameroon Climbing Mouse
  
• Distribution.. :Possibly endemic to mountains of extreme E Cameroon in the Southest Prov.; recorded from Mt. Cameroon and Mt. Kupe and Mt. Manenguba in the massif about 70 mi northeast of Mt. Cameroon (Osgood, 1936ref; Rosevear, 1969ref).
  
• Type Locality. :Cameroon, Southwest Prov., southwest side of Mt. Cameroon, 9000 ft.
  
• Comments...... : Although originally described by Osgood (1936ref) as a distinct species, oreas was later included in D. mesomelas (Bohmann, 1942ref; Rosevear, 1969ref; Misonne, 1974ref). Our study of the holotype supports Osgood's (1936 ...[more]...