Hylomyscus pygmaeus
Kerbis Peterhans, Hutterer, & Demos in Kerbis Peterhans, Hutterer, Doty, Malekani, Moyer, Krásová, Bryja, Banasiak, & Demos, 2020
Pygmy 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
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 pygmaeus
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:219684
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
4 km N of Boende, Baliko (0.24127° S, 20.8833° E), 358 m, right side Tshuapa River, Tshuapa, DR Congo.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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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