Hylomyscus baeri

Heim de Balsac & Aellen, 1965

Baer's Wood Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Praomyini
Genus : Hylomyscus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Heim de Balsac, H. and Aellen, V. 1965. Un Hylomyscus nouveau de Côte d'Ivoire. Biologia Gabonica 1:175-178.

Original name as described

Hylomyscus baeri

Other common names

Baer's Hylomyscus

Type material

MHNG 1070.55

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Adiopoudomé, Ivory Coast.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sierra Leone · Guinea · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003446

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Hylomyscus baeri

Heim de Balsac & Aellen, 1965

Family

Muridae

Root name

baeri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 1070.55

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

175

Authority publication

Biologia Gabonica

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Happold (2013:433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10591/115097445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Praomys baeri

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

baeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

176

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

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