Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 930 955 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Dendromus lovati de Winton 1899 Dendromus lovati de Winton 1899 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1899: 986 . Type Locality: Ethiopia , Managasha, near Addis Ababa . Vernacular Names: Lovat's African Climbing Mouse . Distribution: Ethiopian Plateau , 2500-3550 m ( Rupp, 1980 ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). Discussion: The type species of Chortomys , reviewed as an Ethiopian endemic by Yalden and Largen (1992) and Yalden et al. (1996) . A grassland species differing from other Dendromus in its terrestrial habits ( Yalden, 1988 ; Yalden et al., 1976 ); sample statistics of external measurements provided by Sillero-Zubiri et al. (1995 a ) .