Hylomyscus parvus

Brosset, Dubost, & Heim de Balsac, 1965

Lesser 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

Brosset, A., Dubost, G. and Heim de Balsac, H. 1965. Mammifères inédits récoltés au Gabon. Biologia Gabonica 1:147-174.

Original name as described

Hylomyscus parvus

Other common names

Lesser Hylomyscus · Little Wood Mouse

Type material

MNHN 1983.239

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Bélinga (800 m)," Gabon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003456

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 parvus

Brosset, Dubost, & Heim de Balsac, 1965

Family

Muridae

Root name

parvus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1983.239

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

148

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 (2013:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:803) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10592/115097621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Praomys parvus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

parvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

177

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

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