Dendromus mesomelas
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Brants's climbing mouse (Dendromus mesomelas) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savanna, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It has a total length of about 17 cm and weighs 14 grams. Their litters are born in summer (December to February); a litter has 2-8 pups. Their diet consists primarily of seeds and insects.
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. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Brant's climbing mouse sighting in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 37th most-seen of the 39 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brant's climbing mouse in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months. That is one of Table Mountain National Park's wettest months, with about 110 mm of rain against 15 mm in February.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brant's climbing mouse sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Table Mountain National Park, in our data
Table Mountain National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Brant's climbing mouse sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Rodentia
The closest relatives of the Brant's climbing mouse that you can see in Table Mountain National Park (order Rodentia, Rodents) are Eastern Gray Squirrel (about 30%), Cape Porcupine (about 20%) and Cape Four-striped Grass Mouse (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brant's climbing mouse is recorded against all the mammals logged in Table Mountain National Park (6 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
