Mt Oku Hylomyscus

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Mt Oku Hylomyscus
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Hylomyscus Species: H. grandis
Binomial name
Hylomyscus grandis Eisentraut, 1969

The Mt Oku Hylomyscus (Hylomyscus grandis) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[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 grandis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.