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<emphasis id="0FC8E373721DA5E5F2656599CDF792F0" italics="true" pageNumber="939">Dendromus mesomelas</emphasis>
(Brants 1827)
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<treatmentCitation id="151D41FD6F239626C787E612AD5191FB" author="Brants" authority="(Brants 1827)" baseAuthorityName="Brants" baseAuthorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="122" pageNumber="939" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas" title="[Dendromus] mesomelas" volumeTitle="Het Geslacht der Muizen" year="1827">
<taxonomicName id="C6B00D27F023B6B243387702F3C4EFEB" ID-CoL="6CJHM" authority="(Brants 1827)" baseAuthorityName="Brants" baseAuthorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="939" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas">
<emphasis id="F9F0C43CE7FE0BDF7888A67D4BFDA7FA" italics="true" pageNumber="939">[Dendromus] mesomelas</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="C979ABC0AAD6BAB8C3756E0AC9DDD98F" author="Brants, A." refId="ref40324" refString="Brants, A. 1827. Het Geslacht der muizen door Linnaeus opgesteld, volgens de tegenswoordige toestand der wetenschap in familien, geslachten en soorten verdeeld. Academische Boekdrukkerij, Berlijn, 190 pp." year="1827">Brants 1827</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<bibCitation id="AC6590A05FDE8C81FC99CA7977E1DB11" author="Brants" pageNumber="939" pagination="122" title="[Dendromus] mesomelas" volumeTitle="Het Geslacht der Muizen" year="1827">Het Geslacht der Muizen: 122</bibCitation>
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.
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<emphasis id="0602F7BAF06A023CB570FC09A1F559BC" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="939">Type Locality:</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="142835F747EBC09BA81C6A9FF57A36A7" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4867289354" country="South Africa" pageNumber="939" stateProvince="Eastern Cape">
<collectingCountry id="C09037535357DA23E599721204F9FA52" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
,
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, Sundays River, east of Port Elizabeth.
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<emphasis id="5A13FAE699D0C58451044BAD37427153" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="939">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="A4D3699BACD5A35A246083280420D592" language="eng" pageNumber="939">Brants's African Climbing Mouse</vernacularName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="49DB1F4E02AB8255879D61ED7BB6051E" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="939">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="689B95A512126264EB706D22021F6233" italics="true" pageNumber="939">Dendromus ayresi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="E75EC3AC9E401C1161DACE96366FE038" authority="St. Leger 1930" authorityName="St. Leger" authorityYear="1930" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="939" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="major">
<emphasis id="5AD93F57D5CB6D9B218AEDE2756B7BBD" italics="true" pageNumber="939">Dendromus major</emphasis>
St.
<bibRefCitation id="260DECDE4ECDA1ABC1D450EB50A5912D" 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="851A7717BF5EB04B14C35B30F8DC0D99" authority="(Wagner 1841)" baseAuthorityName="Wagner" baseAuthorityYear="1841" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="939" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pumilio">
<emphasis id="6EC554E54856F3E582CB5E0271DC0DFC" italics="true" pageNumber="939">Dendromus pumilio</emphasis>
(Wagner 1841)
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;
<taxonomicName id="1B0A2C9B2B1D43229106AA071F645F87" authority="Smith 1834" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="939" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="typicus">
<emphasis id="A05D1DE8C1BFA5493E46F1840C467E66" italics="true" pageNumber="939">Dendromus typicus</emphasis>
Smith 1834
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="399338A1E01194ACE282604CC12D9B60" authority="Smith 1829" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1829" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="939" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="typus">
<emphasis id="227A21A4C03E3F809AA83B06B129041E" italics="true" pageNumber="939">
Dendromus
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</emphasis>
Smith 1829
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="FD4C33A7890C83980C63E98B40553D30" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="939">Distribution:</emphasis>
Discontinuous range in Southern African Subregion—in
<collectingCountry id="1F0A36ADB4A6158B3AAE637CC258E1BC" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
across Western and
<collectingRegion id="79D1F4F0712FF96D87D46C075D375CDE" country="South Africa" name="Eastern Cape">Eastern Cape</collectingRegion>
Provs., north through
<collectingRegion id="A6816987CE62728279AFD81B4494A277" country="South Africa" name="KwaZulu-Natal">KwaZulu-Natal</collectingRegion>
(Taylor, 1998), to
<collectingRegion id="BA274E80F59C824BA85CB3BF780516EC" country="South Africa" name="Mpumalanga">Mpumalanga</collectingRegion>
and
<collectingRegion id="4D9C45F28AB1A72D4C5F5BFDE64A9280" country="South Africa" name="Limpopo">Limpopo</collectingRegion>
; Okavango swamps in N
<collectingCountry id="6F3CDCAE7202FE5124700D9F8AA25001" name="Botswana">Botswana</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingRegion id="AC3FA6C30A76F8FDE210CAB365B20B30" country="Namibia" name="Zambezi">Caprivi region</collectingRegion>
of NE
<collectingCountry id="7444281969041F76C24E67BB13EBAC67" name="Namibia">Namibia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="A2884B0D4B9FD077322364F5E0F681A7" 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>
); NW
<collectingCountry id="71D778EB335C4A30A817761D45850BCE" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="531D0D451EC8B57E0619A96458C75B4E" 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>
, as
<emphasis id="4A9FED58C37961FE776C2A7048DC030C" italics="true" pageNumber="939">
D. m.
<taxonomicName id="8C3E9C76190DFE29E43F4AA519972144" authorityName="St. Leger" authorityYear="1930" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="major">major</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
); and Gorongoza Mtn in C
<collectingCountry id="F676E6A6F3C3C01854BB67424FB055D9" name="Mozambique">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6F8FC4A5F28E58DB5D9004BFBC7EED12" 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>
); may eventually be found in wet habitats of SE
<collectingCountry id="954D791DF50756A3521AA7C26837B907" name="Angola">Angola</collectingCountry>
and SW
<collectingCountry id="978A44228468E37E70CB4A1AC53DFADE" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
. Not recorded north of the Zambeze River in
<collectingCountry id="154149DDB29AF6803F11F69795BEFA78" name="Mozambique">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
or north of about 12º latitude elsewhere.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9ADA35BB6C49061CFC0EA2D1BDF0BAC5" pageNumber="939">
<emphasis id="CE0EA8121E13FD465E087BD1857E4BD3" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="939">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="E8EDD885DD671EF8740CFCD608EE3C45">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C87B1802C744B4DF5D04E30153B84990" pageNumber="939" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="6268477BB23950CE272259E060B4B9DE" pageNumber="939">
<emphasis id="A646724AAB1364D0C2A1DB6C7708FF06" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="939">Discussion:</emphasis>
Reviewed by de Graaff (1997
<emphasis id="DB57858E72E65FD4319D270AF8008E0D" italics="true" pageNumber="939">cc</emphasis>
). The indecisive shifting of
<taxonomicName id="EEE70AF3A06A7DEE0CDEB52C389C998E" baseAuthorityName="Wagner" baseAuthorityYear="1841" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pumilio">
<emphasis id="AF49A556CB5040924D96C9B8A970B2A8" italics="true" pageNumber="939">pumilio</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
between
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<emphasis id="DB6D967FC65DCE75AE5F745A9516D5AE" italics="true" pageNumber="939">D. mesomelas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="1D9C02DA10C14B96F175272F08E7A271" authorityName="Heuglin" authorityYear="1863" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mystacalis">
<emphasis id="E2417E4DE0DDFF79F4747D257FD7BC20" italics="true" pageNumber="939">D. mystacalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is reviewed
<bibRefCitation id="6936A669BA5D213D474C96E635E5F396" author="Meester, J. A. J. &amp; I. L. Rautenbach &amp; N. J. Dippenaar &amp; C. M. Baker" refId="ref236076" refString="Meester, J. A. J., I. L. Rautenbach, N. J. Dippenaar, and C. M. Baker. 1986. Classification of southern African mammals. Transvaal Museum Monograph, 5: 1 - 359." year="1986">Meester et al. (1986)</bibRefCitation>
, who documented its proper association with the former. Some names once included in
<taxonomicName id="39E4D5EB79436E2C55E1CFAEB014CCF1" baseAuthorityName="Brants" baseAuthorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas">
<emphasis id="8A7B6C5F4F8A08921AE2617845561E1C" italics="true" pageNumber="939">D. mesomelas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see
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) are here treated as distinct species (see
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<emphasis id="8CCC4EEAD1A0D3B40934BCA6B2ACC65E" italics="true" pageNumber="939">D. insignis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B53101AF68563F949AA713BA38EB21E3" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nyasae">
<emphasis id="8203446A4DCD3BA47A1C6F8151372423" italics="true" pageNumber="939">D. nyasae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B868D4C853E2A4E73B67BE5C2064A4C7" authorityName="Osgood" authorityYear="1936" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oreas">
<emphasis id="7F57B927789A7B0F6FC1A3AEF0CEDA84" italics="true" pageNumber="939">D. oreas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="99AA5D9301327F5C30260F60EDDADF9C" authorityName="Hill and Carter" authorityYear="1937" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vernayi">
<emphasis id="F6EB624AC5A8B1AADAEEED0AA6D861B5" italics="true" pageNumber="939">D. vernayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Judged by specimens,
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<emphasis id="62DCF358EF6F3F46CE8A0AB066063FA5" italics="true" pageNumber="939">D. mesomelas</emphasis>
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from the Southern African Subregion is morphologically separable from northern populations in East Africa,
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, and
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. It is a larger version of, and likely closely related to,
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<emphasis id="F9775E4C7353FA239515B05E48B4B6F7" italics="true" pageNumber="939">D. mystacalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="295689B77A44F2ED4215505426330C59" italics="true" pageNumber="939">Dendromus mesomelas</emphasis>
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inhabits grasslands in swamps and other wet habitats; whereas,
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<emphasis id="E486AB88C8328E23E5A214E7117BAB9E" italics="true" pageNumber="939">D. mystacalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="D200E26D770E37EA5C95185EEE0F872C" italics="true" pageNumber="939">D. melanotis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which occur in the same regions, occupy dryer environments (
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;
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).
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