Long-haired Dasymys

Long-haired DasymysThis species is distributed in Cameroon’s mountains. An older field account found animals then called D. incomtus longipilosus on dry slopes with grass and shrubs.What does it look like?The mountain form was described as having long, loose fur, a strongly grayish-black coloration, and a tail clearly shorter than the head-and-body length.How does it live?This species is distributed in Cameroon’s mountains. An older field account found animals then called D. incomtus longipilosus on dry slopes with grass and shrubs.A report published in 1968 describes eight specimens then identified as longipilosus from dry slopes around Lake Manenguba covered with grass and bushes.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.