''Hylomyscus'' is a
genus
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of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...
in the family
Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are either the largest or second-largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 870 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
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endemic to
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
.
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 and ...
, ''Hylomyscus grandis''
*''H. alleni'' group
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Allen's wood mouse
Allen's wood mouse or Allen's hylomyscus (''Hylomyscus alleni'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are either the largest or second-largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 870 specie ...
, ''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 is subtropical or tropical dry forest
The tropical and subtropical dry broad ...
, ''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
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is ...
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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, ''Hylomyscus kerbispeterhansi''
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Mahale wood mouse, ''
Hylomyscus mpungamachagorum
''Hylomyscus'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa.
It contains 21 species divided into six species groups:
*''H. aeta'' group
** Beaded wood mouse, ''Hylomyscus aeta''
** Mount Oku wood mouse, ''Hylomyscus grandis''
* ...
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Pygmy wood mouse, ''
Hylomyscus pygmaeus
''Hylomyscus'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa.
It contains 21 species divided into six species groups:
*''H. aeta'' group
** Beaded wood mouse, ''Hylomyscus aeta''
** Mount Oku wood mouse, ''Hylomyscus grandis''
* ...
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Stanley’s wood mouse, ''
Hylomyscus stanleyi
''Hylomyscus'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa.
It contains 21 species divided into six species groups:
*''H. aeta'' group
**Beaded wood mouse, ''Hylomyscus aeta''
**Mount Oku wood mouse, ''Hylomyscus grandis''
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Mother Ellen’s wood mouse
A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given childbirth, birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case ...
, ''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
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 Af ...
, ''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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