Dollman's tree mouse
Dollman's tree mouse | |
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Dollman's tree mouse on a stamp from Central African Republic | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Nesomyidae |
Genus: | Prionomys Dollman, 1910 |
Species: | P. batesi |
Binomial name | |
Prionomys batesi Dollman, 1910 | |
Dollman's tree mouse (Prionomys batesi) is a poorly understood climbing mouse from central Africa. It is unique enough that it has been placed in a genus of its own, Prionomys, since its discovery in 1910.
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