Hylomyscus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Genus
Hylomyscus
Species
Scientific Name
Hylomyscus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Hylomyscus

Hylomyscus is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa.

It contains 21 species divided into six species groups:

  • H. aeta group
    • Beaded wood mouse, Hylomyscus aeta (Thomas, 1911)
    • Mount Oku wood mouse, Hylomyscus grandis Eisentraut, 1969
  • H. alleni group
    • Allen's wood mouse, Hylomyscus alleni (Waterhouse, 1838)
    • Angolan wood mouse, Hylomyscus carillus (Thomas, 1904)
    • Hylomyscus pamfi Nicolas, Olayemi, Wendelen & Colyn, 2010
    • Flat-nosed wood mouse, Hylomyscus simus (Allen & Coolidge, 1930)
    • Stella wood mouse, Hylomyscus stella (Thomas, 1911)
    • Walter Verheyen's mouse, Hylomyscus walterverheyeni Nicolas, Wendelen, Barriere, Dudu & Colyn, 2008
  • H. anselli group
    • Ansell's wood mouse, Hylomyscus anselli Bishop, 1979
    • Arc Mountain wood mouse, Hylomyscus arcimontensis Carleton & Stanley, 2005
    • Heinrich's wood mouse, Hylomyscus heinrichorum Carleton, Banasiak & Stanley, 2015
    • Kerbis Peterhans's wood mouse, Hylomyscus kerbispeterhansi Demos, Agwanda & Hickerson, 2014
    • Mahale wood mouse, Hylomyscus mpungamachagorum Demos, Hutterer & Kerbis Peterhans, 2020
    • Pygmy wood mouse, Hylomyscus pygmaeus Kerbis Peterhans, Hutterer & Demos, 2020
    • Stanley’s wood mouse, Hylomyscus stanleyi Kerbis Peterhans, Hutterer & Demos, 2020
    • Mother Ellen’s wood mouse, Hylomyscus thornesmithae (Kerbis Peterhans, Hutterer & Demos, 2020)
  • H. baeri group
    • Baer's wood mouse, Hylomyscus baeri Heim de Balsac & Aellen, 1965
  • H. denniae group
    • Montane wood mouse, Hylomyscus denniae (Thomas, 1906)
    • Small-footed forest mouse, Hylomyscus endorobae (Heller, 1910)
    • Volcano wood mouse, Hylomyscus vulcanorum (Lönnberg & Gyldenstolpe, 1925)
  • H. parvus group
    • Little wood mouse, Hylomyscus parvus Brosset, Dubost & Heim de Balsac, 1965
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Hylomyscus in languages:

English
African Wood Mice
Finnish
afrikanmetsähiiret
French
Rats à poil doux
Russian
Африканские лесные мыши

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