Hylomyscus endorobae
(E. Heller, 1910)
Mount Kenya 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
Authority citation
Heller, E. 1910-07-22. Descriptions of seven new species of East African mammals. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 56(9):1-5.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813193Original name as described
Epimys endorobae
Other common names
Heller's Hylomyscus · Heller's Wood Mouse · Mount Kenya Hylomyscus · Small-footed Forest Mouse
Type material
USNM:MAMM:162888
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e99fbe27-07e3-45da-bec7-9ce17ebaec41Type locality
40 km N Eldoma (= Eldama) Ravine, western edge of Mau Forest, Kenya, 8600 ft (= 2621 m).
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Kenya · Uganda?
Taxonomy notes
split from H. denniae
Taxonomy notes citation
Carleton, M. D., Peterhans, J. C. K., & Stanley, W. T. (2006). Review of the Hylomyscus denniae group (Rodentia: Muridae) in eastern Africa, with comments on the generic allocation of Epimys endorobae Heller. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 119(2), 293-325.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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