Nikolaus's Mouse

Nikolaus's Mouse Temporal range: Recent
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Nesomyidae
Subfamily:	Dendromurinae
Genus:	Megadendromus Dieterlan & Rupp, 1978
Species:	M. nikolausi
Binomial name
Megadendromus nikolausi Deiterlen & Rupp, 1978

Nikolaus's Mouse (Megadendromus nikolausi) is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. It is the only species in the genus Megadendromus. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

• Lavrenchenko, L. & Dieterlen, F. 2004. Megadendromus nikolausi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• 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.