Brants's climbing mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Brants's climbing mouse Dendromus mesomelas Least concern

Where the Brants's climbing mouse lives, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 8 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Dendromus mesomelas
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Is the Brants's climbing mouse endangered?

The Brants's climbing mouse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Brants's climbing mouse?

The Brants's climbing mouse (Dendromus mesomelas) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Dendromus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Brants's climbing mouse

Brants's climbing mouse (Dendromus mesomelas) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.

It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savanna, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It has a total length of about 17 cm and weighs 14 grams. Their litters are born in summer (December to February); a litter has 2-8 pups. Their diet consists primarily of seeds and insects.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Brants's climbing mouse (revision 1379605972), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1768385 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).