Nyika African Climbing Mouse

Nyika African Climbing MouseThis climbing rodent has been recorded in montane grassland on Malawi’s Zomba Plateau. A field study reports that it climbs slender grass stems and feeds mainly on grass seeds.What does it look like?A species account describes it as dark-furred and relatively large-bodied within Dendromus.How does it live?This climbing rodent has been recorded in montane grassland on Malawi’s Zomba Plateau. A field study reports that it climbs slender grass stems and feeds mainly on grass seeds.The Zomba Plateau paper reports that it climbs slender grass stems and feeds mainly on grass seeds. It was not captured in pine plantations; the paper cites owl-pellet evidence suggesting that it was fairly common in montane grassland there.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.