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

Living
Found in the wild

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/8813193

Original 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-bec7-9ce17ebaec41

Type 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003449

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.

Epimys endorobae

(E. Heller, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

endorobae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:162888

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e99fbe27-07e3-45da-bec7-9ce17ebaec41

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813193

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Hylomyscus endorobae

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

endorobae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

805

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:805) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/111679859/111679862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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