Hylomyscus grandis

Eisentraut, 1969

Mount Oku 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

Eisentraut, M. 1969. Die Verbreitung der Muriden-Gattung Hylomyscus auf Fernando Poo und in Westkamerun. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 34:296-307.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45464815

Original name as described

Hylomyscus aeta grandis

Other common names

Large Hylomyscus · Large Wood Mouse · Mount Oku Hylomyscus

Type material

ZFMK:Mamm:1969.731

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Lake Oku on Mount Oku, 2100 m, Banso Highlands, West Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003450

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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 aeta grandis

Eisentraut, 1969

Family

Muridae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1969.731

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

300

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45464815

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Hylomyscus grandis

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #45054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #45054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45054/22450903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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