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<mods:namePart>Don E. Wilson</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Russell A. Mittermeier</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Thomas E. Lacher, Jr</mods:namePart>
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<figureCitation box="[111,168,1691,1741]" captionStart="Plate 8: Nesomyidae" captionStartId="2.[111,143,3223,3244]" captionTargetBox="[15,2746,12,3644]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="1. White-tailed Tree Rat (Brachytarsomys albicauda), 2. Hairy-tailed Tree Rat (Brachytarsomys villosus), 3. Sleek-furred Ground Rat (Gymnuromys robert), 4. Antsingy Tufted-tail Rat (Eliurus antsingy), 5. Carleton’s Tufted-tail Rat (Eliurus carletoni), 6. Daniel’s Tufted-tail Rat (Elurus daniels), 7. Ellerman’s Tufted-tail Rat (Eliurus ellermani), 8. Grandidier’s Tufted-tail Rat (Eliurus grandidieri), 9. Major's Tufted-tail Rat (Eliurus majori), 10. Lesser Tufted-taill Rat (Elurus minor), 11. Milne-Edwards’s Tufted-tail Rat (Eliurus myoxinus), 12. White-tailed Tufted-tail Rat (Eliurus penicillatus), 13. Petter’s Tufted-tail Rat (Eliurus petteri), 14. Tanala Tufted-taill Rat (Elwurus tanala), 15. Webb's Tufted-tail Rat (Eliurus webbi), 16. Anjozorobe Naked-tail Forest Mouse (Voalavo antsahabensis), 17. Northern Naked-tail Forest Mouse (Voalavo gymnocaudus), 18. Bastard’s Big-footed Mouse (Macrotarsomys bastardi), 19. Ankarafantsika Big-footed Mouse (Macrotarsomys ingens), 20. Petter’s Big-footed Mouse (Macrotarsomys peter), 21. Koopman' ’ s Forest Mouse (Monticolomys koopmani), 22. Giant Jumping Rat (Hypogeomys antimena), 23. Small Short-tailed Rat (Brachywromys betsileoensis), 24. Large Short-tailed Rat (Brachyuromys ramirohitra), 25. Audebert’s Forest Rat (Nesomys audeberti), 26. Lamberton’s Forest Rat (Nesomys lambertoni), 27. Red Forest Rat (Nesomys rufus), 28. Delany’s Swamp Mouse (Delanymys brooksi), 29. African White-tailed Rat (Mystromys albicaudatus), 30. Shortridge’s Pygmy Rock Mouse (Petromyscus shortridger), 31. Short-eared Pygmy Rock Mouse (Petromyscus monticularis), 32. Barbour’s Pygmy Rock Mouse (Petromyscus barbouri), 33. Common Pygmy Rock Mouse (Petromyscus collinus)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6600516" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6600516/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">57.</figureCitation>
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<vernacularName box="[185,873,1691,1741]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">Brants’s African Climbing Mouse</vernacularName>
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Brants" baseAuthorityYear="1827" box="[110,529,1751,1789]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="18" pageNumber="201" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas">
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<emphasis box="[110,529,1751,1789]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">Dendromus mesomelas</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[111,186,1803,1824]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">French:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[196,416,1803,1824]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">Dendromus de Brants</vernacularName>
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/
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[436,527,1803,1824]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">German:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[537,728,1803,1824]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">Brants-Klettermaus</vernacularName>
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/
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[749,840,1803,1824]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">Spanish:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[850,1188,1803,1824]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">Raton trepador africano de Brants</vernacularName>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[110,357,1842,1863]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">Other common names:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[367,617,1842,1863]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">Brants's Climbing Mouse</vernacularName>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[722,877,1913,1942]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authority="Brants, 1827" authorityName="Brants" authorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="18" pageNumber="201" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas">Dendromys mesomelas Brants, 1827</taxonomicName>
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,
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<materialsCitation country="South Africa" location="Port Elizabeth" pageId="18" pageNumber="201" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Eastern Cape Province">
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east of
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03993828FFE00F44FFFFF924C894F235:8EEFDFE5FFE00F44FC1FF81AC82CF81D" box="[911,1113,1957,1982]" country="South Africa" name="Port Elizabeth" pageId="18" pageNumber="201" stateProvince="Eastern Cape Province">Port Elizabeth</location>
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, Sunday’s River,
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<collectingRegion box="[765,1085,1996,2021]" country="South Africa" name="Eastern Cape" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">Eastern Cape Province</collectingRegion>
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,
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.
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Brants" baseAuthorityYear="1827" box="[722,1014,2031,2060]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="18" pageNumber="201" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas">Dendromus mesomelas</taxonomicName>
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was previously considered to extend its distribution across to the highlands of East Africa, but these populations have been assigned to a variety of other species. Taxonomic relationships among various isolated populations in southern Africa require investigation. Monotypic.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[110,289,2342,2375]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">Distribution.</emphasis>
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E & S South Africa and W Swaziland, with isolated records from extreme S DR Congo, NW Zambia, N Botswana, NE Namibia (Caprivi Strip), and C Mozambique.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[110,362,2465,2494]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">Descriptive notes.</emphasis>
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Head-body 67-88 mm, tail 77-121 mm, ear 11-17 mm, hindfoot 16-23 mm; weight 6-15 g. Brants’s African Climbing Mouse is small but large for a species of
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. Tail is very long and prehensile; it is darker above than below. Fur is long, soft, and bright brown to rufous-brown dorsally and off-white ventrally. Base of each hair is dark gray. Mid-dorsal stripe extends from neck to base of tail, which can be indistinct. Ears are relatively large and rounded. Limbs are adapted for climbing. Second to fourth digits of forelimbs have elongated claws, and first and fifth digits are greatly reduced. Hindlimb has second to fourth digits elongated,fifth digit long and opposable with a claw, and first digit greatly reduced.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[110,221,2815,2848]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">Habitat.</emphasis>
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Various grassland habitats, especially those associated with wetlands or moist environments. Brants’s African Climbing Mouse can also be relatively abundant in Afro-montane forest.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[110,369,2933,2966]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">Food and Feeding.</emphasis>
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Brants’s African Climbing Mouse is predominantly granivorous but also eats insects.
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="201" type="breeding">
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<paragraph blockId="18.[109,1317,2342,3478]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[110,245,3016,3045]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">Breeding.</emphasis>
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In South Africa, pregnant Brants’s African Climbing Mice have been collected during the rainy season. They build grass nests with single entrances, usually attached to a grass stem or shrub close to ground level; they also use bird nests. Litter sizes are 2-6 young.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[109,347,3169,3202]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">Activity patterns.</emphasis>
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Brants’s African Climbing Mouse is nocturnal and apparently predominantly arboreal.
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="201" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph blockId="18.[109,1317,2342,3478]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[111,810,3248,3281]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">Movements, Home range and Social organization.</emphasis>
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In captivity, Brants’s African Climbing Mouse appears to be gregarious, suggesting thatit is social.
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection box="[111,1160,3326,3359]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201" type="conservation">
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<paragraph blockId="18.[109,1317,2342,3478]" box="[111,1160,3326,3359]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[111,459,3326,3359]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">Status and Conservation.</emphasis>
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Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="201" type="bibRefCitation_list">
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<paragraph blockId="18.[109,1317,2342,3478]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[112,261,3379,3400]" pageId="18" pageNumber="201">Bibliography.</emphasis>
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Armstrong & van Hensbergen (1996), Avery (1992b), Choate (1972), De Graaff (1981), Monadjem (1997b, 1999a), Monadjem et al. (2015), Musser & Carleton (2005), Plavsic (2015), Rowe-Rowe (1986), Rowe-Rowe & Lowry (1982), Rowe-Rowe & Meester (1982a), Smithers (1971), Solano et al. (2014), Taylor (1998).
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</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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