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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 {{Murinae-stub