Nesomyidae (Nesomyids) — Where Wildlife

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Nesomys rufus

Eliurus myoxinus

Dendromus lovati

Brachytarsomys albicauda

Eliurus tanala

Nesomys audeberti

Cricetomys emini

Saccostomus campestris

Petromyscus collinus

Malacothrix typica

Dendromus melanotis

Dendromus mesomelas

Cricetomys ansorgei

Steatomys krebsii

Dendromus mystacalis

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📅 Monthly Probability

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

10–20

Jan

10–20

Feb

0–10

Mar

0–10

Apr

10–20

May

10–20

Jun

10–20

Jul

0–10

Aug

20–30

Sep

10–20

Oct

10–20

Nov

0–10

Dec

🕐 When They're Spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Nesomyids

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#	Park	Country	Species	P(≥1)
1	Ranomafana National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	4	40–50%
	Island Mouse			20–30%
	White-tailed Rat			Insufficient data
	Tanala tufted-tailed rat			Insufficient data
	Lowland Red Forest Rat			Insufficient data
2	Ankarafantsika National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	1	20–30%
	dormouse tufted-tailed rat			Insufficient data
3	Bale Mountains National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1	10–20%
	Lovat's climbing mouse			Insufficient data
4	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	1	0–10%
	Forest Giant Pouched Rat			Insufficient data
5	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	3	0–10%
	Southern Giant Pouched Rat			Insufficient data
	Pouched Mouse			Insufficient data
	chestnut climbing mouse			Insufficient data
6	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	0–10%
	Pouched Mouse			Insufficient data
	Kreb's fat mouse			Insufficient data
7	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	0–10%
	Grey Climbing Mouse			Insufficient data
	Brant's climbing mouse			Insufficient data
8	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	1	<5%
	pygmy rock mouse			Insufficient data
9	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	1	<5%
	Gerbil Mouse			Insufficient data
10	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	1	<5%
	Grey Climbing Mouse			Insufficient data
11	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	<5%
	Grey Climbing Mouse			Insufficient data
12	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	<5%
	Brant's climbing mouse			<5%
13	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1	<5%
	Grey Climbing Mouse			Insufficient data

Nesomyids

Species in this group

Island Mouse

dormouse tufted-tailed rat

Lovat's climbing mouse

White-tailed Rat

Tanala tufted-tailed rat

Lowland Red Forest Rat

Forest Giant Pouched Rat

Pouched Mouse

pygmy rock mouse

Gerbil Mouse

Grey Climbing Mouse

Brant's climbing mouse

Southern Giant Pouched Rat

Kreb's fat mouse

chestnut climbing mouse

📅 Monthly Probability

🕐 When They're Spotted

Where to see Nesomyids

Parks Ranked