Hylomyscus is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa.
It contains 21 species divided into six species groups:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Hylomyscus is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa.
It contains 21 species divided into six species groups:
H. aeta group Beaded wood mouse, Hylomyscus aeta (Thomas, 1911) Mount Oku wood mouse, Hylomyscus grandis Eisentraut, 1969 H. alleni group Allen's wood mouse, Hylomyscus alleni (Waterhouse, 1838) Angolan wood mouse, Hylomyscus carillus (Thomas, 1904) Hylomyscus pamfi Nicolas, Olayemi, Wendelen & Colyn, 2010 Flat-nosed wood mouse, Hylomyscus simus (Allen & Coolidge, 1930) Stella wood mouse, Hylomyscus stella (Thomas, 1911) Walter Verheyen's mouse, Hylomyscus walterverheyeni Nicolas, Wendelen, Barriere, Dudu & Colyn, 2008 H. anselli group Ansell's wood mouse, Hylomyscus anselli Bishop, 1979 Arc Mountain wood mouse, Hylomyscus arcimontensis Carleton & Stanley, 2005 Heinrich's wood mouse, Hylomyscus heinrichorum Carleton, Banasiak & Stanley, 2015 Kerbis Peterhans's wood mouse, Hylomyscus kerbispeterhansi Demos, Agwanda & Hickerson, 2014 Mahale wood mouse, Hylomyscus mpungamachagorum Demos, Hutterer & Kerbis Peterhans, 2020 Pygmy wood mouse, Hylomyscus pygmaeus Kerbis Peterhans, Hutterer & Demos, 2020 Stanley’s wood mouse, Hylomyscus stanleyi Kerbis Peterhans, Hutterer & Demos, 2020 Mother Ellen’s wood mouse, Hylomyscus thornesmithae (Kerbis Peterhans, Hutterer & Demos, 2020) H. baeri group Baer's wood mouse, Hylomyscus baeri Heim de Balsac & Aellen, 1965 H. denniae group Montane wood mouse, Hylomyscus denniae (Thomas, 1906) Small-footed forest mouse, Hylomyscus endorobae (Heller, 1910) Volcano wood mouse, Hylomyscus vulcanorum (Lönnberg & Gyldenstolpe, 1925) H. parvus group Little wood mouse, Hylomyscus parvus Brosset, Dubost & Heim de Balsac, 1965