Allen's hylomyscus or Allen's wood mouse (''Hylomyscus alleni'') is a species of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
in the family
Muridae. It is native to West and Central Africa, where it is widely distributed. It occurs in deciduous forest habitat.
[Schlitter, D., van der Straeten, E. & Decher, J. 2008]
''Hylomyscus alleni''.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 16 April 2015.
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Hylomyscus
Rodents of Africa
Mammals described in 1838
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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