Dendromus Smith, 1829
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Genus Dendromus Smith, 1829
The genus awaits a complete revision. According to Musser & Carleton (2005) and Eisentraut (1968), the Cameroon fauna has yielded Dendromus messorius Thomas, 1903 , whose holotype comes from Efulen.It is a typical inhabitant of tropical lowlands forests,and is also found in Mt Kupe ( Denys et al. 2009). Another species, Dendromus oreas Osgood, 1936 ,is endemic to Mt Cameroon. Denys & Aniskine (2012) recognized that D. messorius is probably a species complex and these authors highlighted the differences between D. messorius , D. oreas and the specimens collected from Mt Oku which may represent a new taxon.
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