Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Dendromus messorius Thomas, 1903 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 12:340 . TYPE LOCALITY: Cameroon , Efulen . DISTRIBUTION: Benin , Nigeria to Zaire , Uganda , Kenya , and Sudan ; limits not yet resolved. SYNONYMS: haymani, kumasi, ruddi . COMMENTS: Treated as part of D. mystacalis by Misonne (1974) , but regarded as a separate species by Hatt (1940a) and Dieterlen (1971) , who pointed out its sympatric distribution with D. mystacalis .