MSW Scientific Names

Dendromus vernayi



• Author........ : Hill and Carter, 1937.
  
• Citation...... : Am. Mus. Novit., 913:4.
  
• Common Name... : Vernay's Climbing Mouse
  
• Distribution.. :Known only from the type locality (Hill and Carter, 1941ref; Crawford-Cabral, 1986ref).
  
• Type Locality. :EC Angola, Chitau, 4930 ft.
  
• Comments...... : Hill and Carter described vernayi as a subspecies of D. mesomelas, an association which has not been questioned (Bohmann, 1942ref; Misonne, 1974ref; Crawford-Cabral, 1986ref). Our study of the holotype and original series reveale ...[more]...