Lovat's Climbing Mouse
Dendromus lovati (de Winton, 1900)
Also calledDendromus de Lovat (fra) · Lovat-Klettermaus (deu) · Souris arboricole de Lovat (fra) · Souris arboricole des plateaux éthiopien (fra) · etiopiankiipijähiiri (fin) · myš Lovatova (ces) · nadrzewnik łąkowy (pol) · コビトキノボリマウス (jpn)
First described in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1899 p.986
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: The type species of Chortomys, reviewed as an Ethiopian endemic by Yalden and Largen (1992) and Yalden et al. (1996). A grassland species differing from other Dendromus in its terrestrial habits (Yalden, 1988; Yalden et al., 1976); sample statistics of external measurements provided by Sillero-Zubiri et al. (1995 a).
Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae
discussion
COMMENTS: A grassland species differing from other members of Dendromus in its apparently strictly terrestrial habits (Yalden et al., 1976; Yalden, 1988).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Endemic to Ethiopian Plateau where it is recorded from 2500 - 3550 m (Rupp, 1980; Yalden et al., 1976).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
activity
Activity patterns. Lovat’s African Climbing Mouse appears to be nocturnal, and typically, few individuals are captured in suitable habitat. Based on reduced captures during the cooler months, it has been proposed that it hibernates. Unlike other species of Dendromus, it appears to be mostly terrestrial.
Nesomyidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5219768.