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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="[185,242,2213,2259]" 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="17" pageNumber="200">54.</figureCitation>
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<vernacularName box="[259,901,2213,2259]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Nyika African Climbing Mouse</vernacularName>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wroughton" authorityYear="1909" box="[974,1302,2213,2259]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="17" pageNumber="200" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nyikae">
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<emphasis box="[974,1302,2213,2259]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Dendromus nyikae</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[184,260,2277,2298]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">French:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[270,479,2277,2298]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Dendromus du Nyika</vernacularName>
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/
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[501,591,2277,2298]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">German:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[601,782,2277,2298]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Nyika-Klettermaus</vernacularName>
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/
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[803,894,2277,2298]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Spanish:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[905,1231,2277,2298]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Raton trepador africano de Nyika</vernacularName>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[184,431,2317,2338]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Other common names:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[441,667,2317,2338]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Nyika Climbing Mouse</vernacularName>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[797,952,2391,2416]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authority="Wroughton" authorityName="Wroughton" authorityYear="1909" box="[967,1381,2391,2416]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="17" pageNumber="200" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nyikae">Dendromus nyikae Wroughton</taxonomicName>
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, 1909,
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<materialsCitation box="[882,1195,2422,2455]" country="Malawi" location="Nyika Plateau" pageId="17" pageNumber="200" specimenCount="1">
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03993828FFE30F47FF29F71AC610FE41:8EEFDFE5FFE30F47FCE2F6C9C846F634" box="[882,1075,2422,2455]" country="Malawi" name="Nyika Plateau" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Nyika Plateau</location>
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[1091,1191,2422,2455]" name="Malawi" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Malawi</collectingCountry>
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.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wroughton" authorityYear="1909" box="[797,1049,2466,2495]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="17" pageNumber="200" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nyikae">Dendromus nyikae</taxonomicName>
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is closely related to
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="A. Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1834" box="[797,955,2505,2534]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="17" pageNumber="200" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanotis">D. melanotis</taxonomicName>
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, and the two species are placed in the subgenus
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1916" box="[1042,1131,2544,2573]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Poemys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="17" pageNumber="200" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Poemys</taxonomicName>
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by some authors. Monotypic.
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<subSubSection pageId="17" pageNumber="200" type="distribution">
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<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6600482" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6600482" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6600482/files/figure.png" inLine="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="200" targetBox="[182,773,2398,2812]" targetPageId="17">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[797,973,2623,2652]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Distribution.</emphasis>
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Angola E through S DR Congo and Zambia to Malawi, extreme SW Tanzania, and C Mozambique, and S to Zimbabwe and extreme NE South Africa; also recorded in the Eastern Arc Mts (West Usambara and Udzungwa).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[186,430,2860,2889]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Descriptive notes.</emphasis>
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Head-body 61-79 mm, tail 85-97 mm, ear 12-16 mm, hindfoot 17-20 mm; weight 10-14 g. The Nyika African Climbing Mouse is small, with a very long prehensile tail. Fur is relatively short, soft, and grayish-brown dorsally and white or offwhite ventrally. Base of each dorsal hairis dark gray. Mid-dorsalstripe extends from neck to base oftail, 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 flattened nail, and first digit greatly reduced.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[186,297,3171,3204]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Habitat.</emphasis>
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Various upland grasslands and savannas, particularly with tall grass, typically above elevations of 1000 m.
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<paragraph blockId="17.[185,1391,2822,3480]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[186,454,3254,3283]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Food and Feeding.</emphasis>
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The Nyika African Climbing Mouse is omnivorous, eating green plant material, seeds, and insects.
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<subSubSection pageId="17" pageNumber="200" type="breeding">
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<paragraph blockId="17.[185,1391,2822,3480]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[186,320,3328,3361]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Breeding.</emphasis>
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A single pregnant female was collected in November (beginning of the wet season) and had four embryos. Nests occur in underground burrows.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="17" pageNumber="200" type="activity">
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<paragraph blockId="17.[185,1391,2822,3480]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,421,3407,3440]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Activity patterns.</emphasis>
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The Nyika African Climbing Mouse is nocturnal. It is terrestrial but also climbs.
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<subSubSection pageId="17" pageNumber="200" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph blockId="17.[1456,2662,290,488]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1456,2153,290,323]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Movements, Home range and Social organization.</emphasis>
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The Nyika African Climbing Mouse can comprise 9% of the small mammal community in suitable montane grasslands.
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<subSubSection box="[1457,2507,374,403]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200" type="conservation">
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<paragraph blockId="17.[1456,2662,290,488]" box="[1457,2507,374,403]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1457,1806,374,403]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Status and Conservation.</emphasis>
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Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.
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<subSubSection pageId="17" pageNumber="200" type="bibRefCitation_list">
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<paragraph blockId="17.[1456,2662,290,488]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1457,1604,417,442]" pageId="17" pageNumber="200">Bibliography.</emphasis>
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Chitaukali et al. (2001), Crawford-Cabral (1998), Denys & Aniskine (2012), Hanney (1965), Happold (20139), Happold & Happold (1986, 1989a, 1989b), Monadjem et al. (2015), Solano et al. (2014), Stanley et al. (1998).
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</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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