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Dendroprionomys rousseloti

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea
Familia: Nesomyidae
Subfamilia: Dendromurinae
Genus: Dendroprionomys
Species: D. rousseloti

The Velvet Climbing Mouse (Dendroprionomys rousseloti) is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. It is found only in Republic of the Congo.

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. 2004. Dendroprionomys rousseloti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.

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