Vernay's African Climbing Mouse

Vernay's African Climbing MouseMSW3 treats Vernay's climbing mouse separately and records it only from its type locality in Angola, comparing it with D. mesomelas. A 2016 paper's table, based on IUCN information consulted in 2015, lists rainforest as its habitat.What does it look like?Compared with D. mesomelas, MSW3 describes it as much smaller, with a shorter tail and a buffy-gray underside. It was originally described in 1937 as a subspecies of D. mesomelas, so this comparison follows the later MSW3 treatment as a separate species.How does it live?MSW3 treats Vernay's climbing mouse separately and records it only from its type locality in Angola, comparing it with D. mesomelas. A 2016 paper's table, based on IUCN information consulted in 2015, lists rainforest as its habitat.A 2016 specialist paper lists rainforest as this species' habitat, using IUCN database information available in 2015.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.