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<emphasis id="0FB2D963FCB83CCE67D422D0109F9D58" italics="true" pageNumber="938">Dendromus melanotis</emphasis>
Smith 1834
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<taxonomicName id="8EB942EBEFC507AAD3AFE0894876D34D" ID-CoL="34QN9" authority="Smith 1834" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="938" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanotis">
<emphasis id="7366852CDC7B6A92B8C88CB7CA8A3EEF" italics="true" pageNumber="938">Dendromus melanotis</emphasis>
Smith 1834
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="1DB7EC85B49701AC130A66EB2E95C2CA" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="938">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="D374878E9D7678DE4590B83FC1DCADC2" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
,
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, near Port Natal (Durban).
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<emphasis id="C6B9C1C55EB352A5AC9C2CCC21FA7E67" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="938">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="02435C222BB48B15ED75BC5095E0524D" language="eng" pageNumber="938">Gray African Climbing Mouse</vernacularName>
.
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<emphasis id="1A68B69CA12F430B84DCDE824A8CB287" italics="true" pageNumber="938">Dendromus arenarius</emphasis>
Roberts 1924
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;
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<emphasis id="916C9B2922115779F775AFD0B0EE2EEE" italics="true" pageNumber="938">Dendromus basuticus</emphasis>
Roberts 1927
</taxonomicName>
;
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<emphasis id="B130737583991425C38096EC0FA3BEA7" italics="true" pageNumber="938">Dendromus capensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="838C7154B7FCE5D4E115EC81EBDE2172" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306502" refString="Roberts, A. 1931. New forms of South African mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 14: 221 - 236." year="1931">Roberts 1931</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="6F7EB55A6528A10801E90B5C99F84D65" authority="Roberts 1929" authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1929" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="938" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chiversi">
<emphasis id="BA051ECD26DAB1978421C49AAFF5E9DE" italics="true" pageNumber="938">Dendromus chiversi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="F2C11C0B7E72EB95AA1BFDF5C2BFAE5B" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306478" refString="Roberts, A. 1929. New forms of African mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 13: 82 - 121." year="1929">Roberts 1929</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="F2698A014CEA8C0C56287DBC90B1E688" authority="Thomas 1926" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="938" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="concinnus">
<emphasis id="89A6029F32900DE34B39C426997577A9" italics="true" pageNumber="938">Dendromus concinnus</emphasis>
Thomas 1926
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="747A4E04EDEEBBAFF9E3C2E4692EC3FC" authority="Thomas 1918" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1918" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="938" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exoneratus">
<emphasis id="C53E94AB1171098D9B4A7AF7CA4EE351" italics="true" pageNumber="938">Dendromus exoneratus</emphasis>
Thomas 1918
</taxonomicName>
;
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<emphasis id="D234069D66DF2501D8556CD2683D077C" italics="true" pageNumber="938">Dendromus insignis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="748D1A63557A3C3F56192716F4DBF691" author="Shortridge, G. C. &amp; T. D. Carter" refId="ref326551" refString="Shortridge, G. C., and T. D. Carter. 1938. A new genus and new species and subspecies of mammals from Little Namaqualand and the north-west Cape Province; and a new subspecies of Gerbillus paeba from the eastern Cape Province. Annals of the South African Museum, 3 (2): 281 - 291." year="1938">Shortridge and Carter 1938</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="1B152D1EB53FF4B19DD5DA034858D1AA" authority="(True 1892)" baseAuthorityName="True" baseAuthorityYear="1892" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="938" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigrifrons">
<emphasis id="D6B55825DB05ABA0F8C6D9D35B2A1C21" italics="true" pageNumber="938">Dendromus nigrifrons</emphasis>
(True 1892)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="D803BA68A33DDEF48E7D651AEC9B7C18" authority="(Heuglin 1877)" baseAuthorityName="Heuglin" baseAuthorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="938" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pallidus">
<emphasis id="3B0C547C5F4FF95D7F5D8B1C0265645D" italics="true" pageNumber="938">Dendromus pallidus</emphasis>
(Heuglin 1877)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="91ACDA622B6B71D5D0FBB1718222626D" authority="(Milne-Edwards 1886)" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1886" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="938" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pecilei">
<emphasis id="64B54060CC51A7F3071F632EF5882909" italics="true" pageNumber="938">Dendromus pecilei</emphasis>
(Milne-Edwards 1886)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="5B3EC3F8EC3268040C563A7E54C21B80" authority="Roberts 1931" authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1931" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="938" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pretoriae">
<emphasis id="A4393D82FA06B0ADEA4907050201DD37" italics="true" pageNumber="938">Dendromus pretoriae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="684D4553EE2F7128E37CE8B573308774" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306502" refString="Roberts, A. 1931. New forms of South African mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 14: 221 - 236." year="1931">Roberts 1931</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="1F39259A14CAE55315F18BCA11919A1D" authority="St. Leger 1930" authorityName="St. Leger" authorityYear="1930" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="938" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shortridgei">
<emphasis id="8ECCA869B380CFC0CD4634DCD6378979" italics="true" pageNumber="938">Dendromus shortridgei</emphasis>
St.
<bibRefCitation id="0C5A6D547989BD35D56A3D608469E05F" author="St. Leger, J." refId="ref314684" refString="St. Leger, J. 1930. On two species of Dendromus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 10, 6: 622." year="1930">Leger 1930</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="5FBD355F24DB8455143BAE386465B3A3" authority="Heller 1911" authorityName="Heller" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="938" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spectabilis">
<emphasis id="3CB1F5CF26EDB63D16AF9DAC0B58DAFA" italics="true" pageNumber="938">Dendromus spectabilis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="0AABCD5C4C5FEF378A78C98173AA96D9" author="Heller, E." refId="ref146395" refString="Heller, E. 1911. New species of rodents and carnivores from equatorial Africa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 56: 1 - 16." year="1911">Heller 1911</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="C1EE4BD5A0C0A7573266545FCA51AC9D" authority="(Sundevall 1846)" baseAuthorityName="Sundevall" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="938" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subtilis">
<emphasis id="255ED463B310D7939D4556597ED27376" italics="true" pageNumber="938">Dendromus subtilis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="793B6200C6A8584CE2997DF5476EBE5C" author="Sundevall, C. J." refId="ref344234" refString="Sundevall, C. J. 1846. Methodisk ofversigt af Idislande djuren Linnes Pecora. Kongliga Vetenskaps-Ajademiens Handlinger for ar 1844: 121 - 210." year="1846">Sundevall 1846</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="AF7C2C1238CBE85C8F70293B5BB668C2" authority="Roberts 1931" authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1931" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="938" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thorntoni">
<emphasis id="926998103310DFA814F8359A2C6056F6" italics="true" pageNumber="938">Dendromus thorntoni</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="BA09B91CEB2599B54B19DE195DB714CF" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306502" refString="Roberts, A. 1931. New forms of South African mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 14: 221 - 236." year="1931">Roberts 1931</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="E99607098C29812166D403C35E9B6CE8" authority="Thomas 1916" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="938" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vulturnus">
<emphasis id="E23533AD29B31E8303EFB38DF9CB9471" italics="true" pageNumber="938">Dendromus vulturnus</emphasis>
Thomas 1916
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="D55C1588A390A7BEF25477EB1D23431F" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="938">Distribution:</emphasis>
From
<collectingCountry id="0B7786E15765A6DF3CD475846279362D" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
(de Graaff, 1997
<emphasis id="5212000F33329A6B7997449547664723" italics="true" pageNumber="938">dd</emphasis>
;
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; Taylor, 1998) northward in the west through
<collectingCountry id="9472C6D03333108BAF1950F2E55CE874" name="Botswana">Botswana</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="647E2EFC11DD45A265AAE988B82189BA" author="Smithers, R. H. N." refId="ref331875" refString="Smithers, R. H. N. 1971. The mammals of Botswana. Museum Memoir, National Museums of Rhodesia, Salisbury, 4: 1 - 340." year="1971">Smithers, 1971</bibRefCitation>
) to C
<collectingCountry id="5318502919DE4042D7A0CBDABF90CE15" name="Angola">Angola</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="53CA7497859F8BC96C2A27A087DED971" author="Crawford-Cabral, J." refId="ref70924" refString="Crawford-Cabral, J. 1998. The Angolan rodents of the superfamily Muroidea: An account of their distribution. Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, Estudos, Ensaios e Documentos, 161: 223 pp." year="1998">Crawford-Cabral, 1998</bibRefCitation>
;
<collectionCode id="D8A29B158F5CEF287E6878D0CA08D129" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" type="">AMNH</collectionCode>
specimens from Chitau); northward in the east through
<collectingCountry id="40CFCB5EDD9B747B6D31F8CB8C4E8DF1" name="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="9274BD9FBE6EE6A34D3CA5881E8B3B5C" author="Smithers, R. H. N. &amp; V. J. Wilson" refId="ref331985" refString="Smithers, R. H. N., and V. J. Wilson. 1979. Checklist and atlas of the mammals of Zimbabwe Rhodesia. Museum Memoir, National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, Salisbury, 9: 1 - 193." year="1979">Smithers and Wilson, 1979</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="A3DF632A1BA523C893B3467BAFACC3C5" name="Mozambique">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="1B77A2FF00F086109029B19B0419BA9E" author="Smithers, R. H. N. &amp; J. L. P. Lobao Tello" refId="ref331936" refString="Smithers, R. H. N., and J. L. P. Lobao Tello. 1976. Check list and atlas of the mammals of Mozambique. Museum Memoir, National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, Salisbury, 8: 1 - 184." year="1976">Smithers and Lobao Tello, 1976</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="0C1C392FDC9BF8CB53CDF4386CE4FA7A" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="22DA1114A604E22D2E2A9599BAA7B4ED" author="Ansell, W. F. H." refId="ref11178" refString="Ansell, W. F. H. 1978. The mammals of Zambia. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Chilanga, 126 pp." year="1978">Ansell, 1978</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="703F677A0501541E2807AF5BB9F3FCCF" name="Malawi">Malawi</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="82D3DFC521F6E7D0E091031C501ABF97" author="Ansell, W. F. H. &amp; R. J. Dowsett" refId="ref11419" refString="Ansell, W. F. H., and R. J. Dowsett. 1988. Mammals of Malawi: An annotated check list and atlas. Trendrine Press, Zennor, St. Ives, United Kingdom, 170 pp." year="1988">Ansell and Dowsett, 1988</bibRefCitation>
; Ansell, 1989), and
<collectingCountry id="40953D0679D5675CEB1980A3D08D493F" name="Tanzania">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
(Mt
<collectingRegion id="75A05CDE827A527A0A9C7A90F1494F11" country="Tanzania" name="Kilimanjaro">Kilimanjaro</collectingRegion>
;
<bibRefCitation id="B0179B77162FC54565A710D1C018C70F" author="Grimshaw, J. &amp; N. Cordeiro &amp; C. Foley" refId="ref130064" refString="Grimshaw, J., N. Cordeiro and C. Foley. 1995. The mammals of Kilimanjaro. Journal of East African Natural History, 84: 105 - 139." year="1995">Grimshaw et al., 1995</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EB6C3082CEC0DA19815DAAC6FBE81D47" author="Swynnerton, G. H. &amp; R. W. Hayman" refId="ref345567" refString="Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20 (6): 274 - 392." year="1951">Swynnerton and Hayman, 1951</bibRefCitation>
) to
<collectingCountry id="83D13EBEB75069C8775E7F61BAA07742" name="Uganda">Uganda</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="56BCF616976229D4334E9758DBF39C85" author="Delany, M. J." refId="ref79476" refString="Delany, M. J. 1975. The rodents of Uganda. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 165 pp." year="1975">Delany, 1975</bibRefCitation>
); westward through
<collectingCountry id="1B0B79927A3E3C56939BB7D5DF054533" name="Nigeria">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="1A48DD9D068110055D895143E0F9D788" name="Ghana">Ghana</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4C5388C465DAF6F397C6198134EB5D7D" author="Grubb, P. &amp; T. S. Jones &amp; A. G. Davies &amp; E. Edberg &amp; E. D. Starin &amp; J. E. Hill" refId="ref134571" refString="Grubb, P., T. S. Jones, A. G. Davies, E. Edberg, E. D. Starin, and J. E. Hill. 1998. Mammals of Ghana, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. The Trendrine Press, Cornwall, 265 pp." year="1998">Grubb et al., 1998</bibRefCitation>
) to S
<collectingCountry id="BB18AD7787B046C03EDD4781FB816B29" name="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D703FFF971D9D88F2DB2C8A0C8E1C0D1" author="Rosevear, D. R." refId="ref310288" refString="Rosevear, D. R. 1969. The rodents of West Africa. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 677: 1 - 604." year="1969">Rosevear, 1969</bibRefCitation>
); also from
<collectingCountry id="CF1D882602EFD4559DB2FB135FED5E0A" name="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
(
<collectionCode id="21E9A1FB611F3361231658E4C8C35E15" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" type="">AMNH</collectionCode>
81119 and four other specimens as reported by
<bibRefCitation id="72554D3A74BEB26CC7BD6CEED2C0B550" author="Duckworth, J. W. &amp; D. L. Harrison &amp; R. J. Timmins" refId="ref89012" refString="Duckworth, J. W., D. L. Harrison, and R. J. Timmins. 1993. Notes on a collection of small mammals from the Ethiopian Rift Valley. Mammalia, 57: 278 - 282." year="1993">Duckworth et al., 1993</bibRefCitation>
, and
<bibRefCitation id="4A09FEE875E0747242FA8F4B78F23595" author="Yalden, D. W. &amp; M. J. Largen &amp; D. Kock" refId="ref397218" refString="Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, and D. Kock. 1976. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia. 2. Insectivora and Rodentia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 8 (1): 1 - 118." year="1976">Yalden et al., 1976</bibRefCitation>
). Range limits unresolved.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="FD5778D3A0F25E7477D52C929F9F9C0D" pageNumber="938" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="7FC8E6C7A231A757A91DC72B19E039D0" pageNumber="938">
<emphasis id="BEF1DECC677673C7305A9E085688F08B" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="938">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="D61A1C2879584F3C9643471A548F53E3">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="EF42B9E5424B692853BCE29373BDBE63" pageNumber="938" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8F69E4A10CFFBD25B7DB9CEEAF9B9515" pageNumber="938">
<emphasis id="CCEC003CF569D4E184A449832C4F7455" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="938">Discussion:</emphasis>
Apparently most closely related to
<taxonomicName id="01B7983FA5952996D3AB63313F04D42B" authorityName="Wroughton" authorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nyikae">
<emphasis id="3A08D1108E1A76778B26B1734DA38754" italics="true" pageNumber="938">D. nyikae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see that account). A very widespread species and one requiring taxonomic revision, especially West African populations. Specimens from Mt Nimba, on the Guinea-Côte dIvoire border (
<bibRefCitation id="087F33D03A336BBE39E1F2048A3BF0CE" author="Heim de Balsac, H. &amp; M. Lamotte" refId="ref145612" refString="Heim de Balsac, H., and M. Lamotte. 1958. La reserve naturelle integrale du mont Nimba, Part 4 (15): Mammiferes rongeurs (Muscardinides et Murides). Memoires de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire, 53: 339 - 357." year="1958">Heim de Balsac and Lamotte, 1958</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="7B223409B59CB2FB8C5566A4D9CB760D" author="Rosevear, D. R." refId="ref310288" refString="Rosevear, D. R. 1969. The rodents of West Africa. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 677: 1 - 604." year="1969">Rosevear, 1969</bibRefCitation>
), have ochraceous-red upperparts with indistinct stripe and white underparts, chromatic traits that fall outside the fur color and dorsal pattern of southern African
<taxonomicName id="89C801F27C5E633BFB5D635FACAB7BD7" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanotis">
<emphasis id="ED2E0145539B86CE77BE4973D5C4A504" italics="true" pageNumber="938">D. melanotis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(dorsum gray with prominent dark stripe, venter grayish), and may represent a separate species (either undescribed or a population of
<taxonomicName id="3490AC59E032542246B6F6DE12C91569" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="messorius">
<emphasis id="1AB0F1EE2596D2EB586089E11D3C2BFD" italics="true" pageNumber="938">D. messorius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
<bibRefCitation id="3D95089643C0942B8613B2FF7054F94F" author="Crawford-Cabral, J." refId="ref70924" refString="Crawford-Cabral, J. 1998. The Angolan rodents of the superfamily Muroidea: An account of their distribution. Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, Estudos, Ensaios e Documentos, 161: 223 pp." year="1998">Crawford-Cabral (1998)</bibRefCitation>
questioned the inclusion of
<taxonomicName id="B414ADB083DF3F1F15C110C4ADD536EF" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="concinnus">
<emphasis id="F9702FF98E12514442CC821C805EB415" italics="true" pageNumber="938">concinnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but Thomas (1926
<emphasis id="4BA2A59D13179CD7B30E605E62BC7901" italics="true" pageNumber="938">e</emphasis>
) description fits within morphological variation currently accepted as
<taxonomicName id="FB9F598C2B7015990F5C8268B1A02114" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanotis">
<emphasis id="34EE4C2C397628E64E93C6B6F749B2AE" italics="true" pageNumber="938">D. melanotis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see
<bibRefCitation id="CFDB6700484E3073741AA38CBEA72802" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306581" refString="Roberts, A. 1951. The mammals of South Africa. Trustees of &quot; The mammals of South Africa &quot; book fund, Johannesburg, 700 pp." year="1951">Roberts, 1951:449</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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