Baer's Hylomyscus
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Hylomyscus baeri Heim de Balsac & Aellen, 1965 |
Baer's Hylomyscus or Baer's Wood Mouse (Hylomyscus baeri) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Schlitter, D., Decher, J. & Kerbis Peterhans, J. 2004. Hylomyscus baeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.