Beaded Hylomyscus

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Beaded Hylomyscus
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Hylomyscus Species: H. aeta
Binomial name
Hylomyscus aeta (Thomas, 1911)

The Beaded Hylomyscus or Beaded Wood Mouse (Hylomyscus aeta) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

[edit] References

• 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. & Van der Straeten, E. 2004. Hylomyscus aeta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.