Gray climbing mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Dendromus melanotis
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 gray climbing mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the gray 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 gray climbing mouse endangered?

The gray 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 gray climbing mouse?

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

About the gray climbing mouse

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

It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and temperate desert.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Gray climbing mouse (revision 1313974286), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1771060 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).