Dendromus lachaisei Denys & Aniskine 2012

Denys, Christiane, Missoup, Alain Didier, Nicolas, Violaine, Sylla, Morlaye, Douno, Mory, Kadjo, Blaise, Lalis, Aude & Monadjem, Ara, 2025, Annotated checklist of rodents from a biodiversity hotspot, Mount Nimba (West Africa), Zoosystema 47 (27), pp. 617-689 : 651

Dendromus lachaisei Denys & Aniskine 2012

Dendromus lachaisei Denys & Aniskine, 2012: 297 .

REMARKS

The main description was provided in Denys & Aniskine (2012); we recall here the main characteristics of the species. This small rodent has a rufous brown dorsal pelage without a distinct dorsal stripe (sometimes an inconspicuous one is present), a pure white belly, and a long prehensile tail. On the hindfoot, digit 1 is reduced and digit 5 is long and semiopposable with a claw. The standard external measurements are provided in Table 9 . The skull is characterized by a long and narrow rostrum, a well marked interorbital constriction and a round inflated braincase. In ventral view the incisor foramina are long and wide and entering into the palate at the level of the t4 of the upper M1/. The tympanic bullae are large and slightly inflated. The skull measurements are provided in Table 10 . The molars, like in all other Dendromus , are characterized by the absence of t1 on M1/, a small M3/3 and some stephanodont crests linking alternate cusps.