Hylomyscus

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Hylomyscus Fossil range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Subfamily: Murinae Genus: Hylomyscus Thomas, 1926
Species
Hylomyscus arcimontensis Hylomyscus aeta Hylomyscus alleni Hylomyscus baeri Hylomyscus carillus Hylomyscus denniae Hylomyscus grandis Hylomyscus parvus Hylomyscus stella Hylomyscus walterverheyeni

Hylomyscus is a genus of rodent in the Muridae family. It contains the following species:

• Hylomyscus arcimontensis
• Beaded Hylomyscus (Hylomyscus aeta)
• Allen's Hylomyscus (Hylomyscus alleni)
• Baer's Hylomyscus (Hylomyscus baeri)
• Angolan Hylomyscus (Hylomyscus carillus)
• Montane Hylomyscus (Hylomyscus denniae)
• Mt Oku Hylomyscus (Hylomyscus grandis)
• Lesser Hylomyscus (Hylomyscus parvus)
• Stella Hylomyscus (Hylomyscus stella)
• Hylomyscus walterverheyeni

[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.
• Nicolas, Violaine, W. Wendelen, P. Barriere, A. Dudu, and M. Colyn. 2008. Morphometric variation in Hylomyscus alleni and H. stella (Rodentia: Muridae), and description of a new species. Journal of Mammalogy, 89(1):222-231.