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
Hylomyscus aeta Hylomyscus alleni Hylomyscus anselli Hylomyscus arcimontensis Hylomyscus baeri Hylomyscus carillus Hylomyscus denniae Hylomyscus endorobae Hylomyscus grandis Hylomyscus kerbispeterhansi Hylomyscus pamfi Hylomyscus parvus Hylomyscus stella Hylomyscus vulcanorum Hylomyscus walterverheyeni

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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.