Hylomyscus mpungamachagorum

Demos, Hutterer, & Kerbis Peterhans in Kerbis Peterhans, Hutterer, Doty, Malekani, Moyer, Krásová, Bryja, Banasiak, & Demos, 2020

Mahale 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

Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Hutterer, R., Doty, J.B., Malekani, J.M., Moyer, D.C., Krásová, J., Bryja, J., Banasiak, R.A. and Demos, T.C. 2020. Four new species of the _Hylomyscus anselli_ group (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae) from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania. Bonn zoological Bulletin 69(1):55-83.

Original name as described

Hylomyscus mpungamachagorum

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:177889

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mahale Mts, Mahale National Park, 2100 m, 0.5 km NW Nkungwe Hill summit (6.10433° S, 29.77895° E), Kigoma District, Kigoma Region, Tanzania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Peterhans, J. C. K., Hutterer, R., Doty, J. B., Malekani, J. M., Moyer, D. C., Krásová, J., ... & Demos, T. C. Four new species of the Hylomyscus anselli group (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae) from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania. Bonn zoological Bulletin, 69(1), 55–83.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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