Chestnut climbing mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the chestnut climbing mouse lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Dendromus mystacalis
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the chestnut climbing mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the chestnut climbing mouse in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Uganda

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the chestnut climbing mouse endangered?

The chestnut 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 chestnut climbing mouse?

The chestnut climbing mouse (Dendromus mystacalis) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Dendromus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the chestnut climbing mouse

The chestnut climbing mouse (Dendromus mystacalis) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.

It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna and moist savanna.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Chestnut climbing mouse (revision 1139119964), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q139446 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).