Montane wood mouse
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| Montane Wood Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Hylomyscus |
| Species: | H. denniae |
| Binomial name | |
| Hylomyscus denniae (Thomas, 1906) | |
The Montane Hylomyscus or Montane Wood Mouse (Hylomyscus denniae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and possibly Malawi. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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., Decher, J. & Kerbis Peterhans, J. 2004. Hylomyscus denniae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
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