''Hylomyscus'' is a genus of
rodent in the family
Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
The name Muridae come ...
endemic to
Africa.
It contains 21 species divided into six species groups:
*''H. aeta'' group
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Beaded wood mouse
The beaded hylomyscus or beaded wood mouse (''Hylomyscus aeta'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, ...
, ''Hylomyscus aeta''
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Mount Oku wood mouse
The Mount Oku hylomyscus (''Hylomyscus grandis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Found only on Mount Oku, Cameroon, in tropical Central Africa, its natural habitat is tropical moist montane forests. It has a very small range ...
, ''Hylomyscus grandis''
*''H. alleni'' group
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Allen's wood mouse
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 ...
, ''Hylomyscus alleni''
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Angolan wood mouse
The Angolan hylomyscus or Angolan wood mouse (''Hylomyscus carillus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found only in Angola.
Its natural habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physi ...
, ''Hylomyscus carillus''
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Hylomyscus pamfi
''Hylomyscus pamfi'' is a species of murid rodent in the genus Hylomyscus. It is native to southeastern Ghana, Togo, Benin, and southwestern Nigeria.
References
pamfi
Mammals described in 2010
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Flat-nosed wood mouse Ketill Flatnose was a Norse King of the Isles in the 9th century.
Flatnose may also refer to:
* Morris Oxford flatnose, a series of British cars built 1926–1930
* George Curry (Wild Bunch), robber in the American Old West, nicknamed "Flat-Nose" ...
, ''Hylomyscus simus''
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Stella wood mouse
The Stella hylomyscus or Stella wood mouse (''Hylomyscus stella'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guine ...
, ''Hylomyscus stella''
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Walter Verheyen's mouse, ''Hylomyscus walterverheyeni''
*''H. anselli'' group
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Ansell's wood mouse
Ansell's wood mouse (''Hylomyscus anselli'') is a species of rodent in the genus ''Hylomyscus
''Hylomyscus'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous ...
, ''Hylomyscus anselli''
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Arc Mountain wood mouse
The Arc Mountain wood mouse (''Hylomyscus arcimontensis'') is a species of murid rodent in the genus Hylomyscus. It is native to central Tanzania and northern Malawi
Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic ...
, ''Hylomyscus arcimontensis''
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Heinrich's wood mouse, ''Hylomyscus heinrichorum''
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Kerbis Peterhans's wood mouse, ''Hylomyscus kerbispeterhansi''
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Mahale wood mouse, ''
Hylomyscus mpungamachagorum''
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Pygmy wood mouse
In anthropology, pygmy peoples are ethnic groups whose average height is unusually short. The term pygmyism is used to describe the phenotype of endemic short stature (as opposed to disproportionate dwarfism occurring in isolated cases in a pop ...
, ''
Hylomyscus pygmaeus''
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Stanley’s wood mouse, ''
Hylomyscus stanleyi''
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Mother Ellen’s wood mouse, ''Hylomyscus thornesmithae''
*''H. baeri'' group
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Baer's wood mouse
Baer's hylomyscus or Baer's wood mouse (''Hylomyscus baeri'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Sierra Leone.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
It is threaten ...
, ''Hylomyscus baeri''
*''H. denniae'' group
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Montane wood mouse
The montane hylomyscus or montane wood mouse (''Hylomyscus denniae'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. A long-coated species with brownish-grey upper parts and whitish-grey underparts, it occurs in the uplands of tropical Central A ...
, ''Hylomyscus denniae''
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Small-footed forest mouse
''Hylomyscus endorobae'' is a species of rodent of the genus ''Hylomyscus'' that is found only in select portions of the wet East African montane forests of the Kenyan Rift mountains of southwestern Kenya and Tanzania, and only at elevations abov ...
, ''Hylomyscus endorobae''
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Volcano wood mouse'', Hylomyscus vulcanorum''
*''H. parvus'' group
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Little wood mouse
The lesser hylomyscus or little wood mouse (''Hylomyscus parvus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and possibly Eq ...
, ''Hylomyscus parvus''
References
Rodent genera
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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