Banana Climbing Mouse

Banana Climbing Mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Nesomyidae
Genus:	Dendromus
Species:	D. messorius
Binomial name
Dendromus messorius (Thomas, 1903)

The Banana Climbing Mouse (Dendromus messorius) is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and Togo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

References

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
• Schlitter, D. & Dieterlen, F. 2004. Dendromus messorius. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.