Hylomyscus
| Hylomyscus Temporal range: Recent | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Hylomyscus Thomas, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| Epimys aeta Thomas, 1911 | |
| 15 Species | |
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Hylomyscus aeta | |
Hylomyscus is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae.
It contains fifteen species divided in six species groups:[1][2][3][4][5][6]
- H. aeta group
- Beaded wood mouse, Hylomyscus aeta (Thomas, 1911)
- Hylomyscus grandis Eisentraut, 1969
- H. alleni group
- Allen's wood mouse, Hylomyscus alleni (Waterhouse, 1838)
- Angolan wood mouse, Hylomyscus carillus (Thomas, 1904)
- Stella wood mouse, Hylomyscus stella (Thomas, 1911)
- Hylomyscus pamfi Nicolas, Olayemi, Wendelen & Colyn, 2010
- 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
- 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)
- Hylomyscus kerbispeterhansi Demos, Agwanda & Hickerson, 2014
- Hylomyscus vulcanorum (Lönnberg & Gyldenstolpe, 1925)
- H. parvus group
- Little wood mouse, Hylomyscus parvus Brosset, Dubost & Heim de Balsac, 1965
References
- ↑ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Carleton, M.D.; Stanley, W.T. (2005). "Review of the Hylomyscus denniae complex (Rodentia: Muridae) in Tanzania, with a description of a new species". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 118 (3): 619–646. doi:10.2988/0006-324x(2005)118[619:rothdc]2.0.co;2.
- ↑ Carleton, M.D.; Kerbis Peterhans, J.C.; Stanley, W.T. (2006). "Review of the Hylomyscus denniae group (Rodentia: Muridae) in eastern Africa, with comments on the generic allocation of Epimys endorobae Heller". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 119 (2): 293–325. doi:10.2988/0006-324x(2006)119[293:rothdg]2.0.co;2.
- ↑ Nicolas, V.; Wendelen, W.; Barriere, P.; Dudu, A.; Colyn, M. (2008). "Morphometric variation in Hylomyscus alleni and H. stella (Rodentia: Muridae), and description of a new species". Journal of Mammalogy. 89: 222–231. doi:10.1644/06-mamm-a-286.1.
- ↑ Nicolas, V.; Olayemi, A.; Wendelen, W.; Colyn, M. (2010). "Mitochondrial DNA and morphometrical identification of a new species of Hylomyscus (Rodentia: Muridae) from West Africa". Zootaxa. 2579: 30–44.
- ↑ Demos, T.C.; Agwanda, B.; Hickerson, M.J. (2014). "Integrative taxonomy within the Hylomyscus denniae complex (Rodentia: Muridae) and a new species from Kenya". Journal of Mammalogy. 95 (1): E1–E15. doi:10.1644/13-mamm-a-268.
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