''Hylomyscus'' is a genus 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 endemic to
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
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It contains 21 species divided into six species groups:
*''H. aeta'' group
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Beaded wood mouse, ''Hylomyscus aeta''
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Mount Oku wood mouse, ''Hylomyscus grandis''
*''H. alleni'' group
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Allen's wood mouse, ''Hylomyscus alleni''
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Angolan wood mouse, ''Hylomyscus carillus''
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Hylomyscus pamfi''
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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, ''Hylomyscus stella''
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Walter Verheyen's mouse, ''Hylomyscus walterverheyeni''
*''H. anselli'' group
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Ansell's wood mouse, ''Hylomyscus anselli''
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Arc Mountain wood mouse, ''Hylomyscus arcimontensis''
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Heinrich's wood mouse, ''Hylomyscus heinrichorum''
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Kerbis Peterhans's wood mouse
The Kerbis Peterhans's wood mouse (''Hylomyscus kerbispeterhansi'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in western Kenya, and presumably eastern Uganda on Mount Elgon, Mt. Elgon, and was first described as a species descript ...
, ''Hylomyscus kerbispeterhansi''
2014
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Mahale wood mouse, ''
Hylomyscus mpungamachagorum''
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Pygmy wood mouse, ''
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, ''Hylomyscus baeri''
*''H. denniae'' group
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Montane wood mouse, ''Hylomyscus denniae''
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Small-footed forest mouse, ''Hylomyscus endorobae''
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Volcano wood mouse'', Hylomyscus vulcanorum''
*''H. parvus'' group
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Little wood mouse, ''Hylomyscus parvus''
References
Rodent genera
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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