Hylomyscus stella

(O. Thomas, 1911)

Stella 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

Thomas, O. 1911-06-01. Three new African rodents. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)7(42):590-593.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15815314

Original name as described

Epimys stella

Other common names

Stella Hylomyscus · Tanzanian Wood Mouse · East African Wood Mouse · East African Hylomyscus · Kakamega Wood Mouse · Kakamega Hylomyscus · Tanzanian Hylomyscus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.2.23

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c04b3ed6-d1ba-4645-b1a3-5533121f0503

Type locality

"Ituri Forest between Mawambi and Avakubi, Eastern Congo [= DR Congo]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Burundi · Uganda · South Sudan · Kenya · Tanzania

Taxonomy notes

includes kaimosae, which has been occasionally treated as a distinct species

Taxonomy notes citation

Nicolas, V., Querouil, S., Verheyen, E., Verheyen, W., Mboumba, J. F., Dillen, M., & Colyn, M. (2006). Mitochondrial phylogeny of African wood mice, genus Hylomyscus (Rodentia, Muridae): implications for their taxonomy and biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 38(3), 779-793. · Nicolas, V., Fabre, P. H., Bryja, J., Denys, C., Verheyen, E., Missoup, A. D., ... & Demos, T. (2020). The phylogeny of the African wood mice (Muridae, Hylomyscus) based on complete mitochondrial genomes and five nuclear genes reveals their evolutionary history and undescribed diversity. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 144, 106703.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003460

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 stella

(O. Thomas, 1911)

Family

Muridae

Root name

stella

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.2.23

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c04b3ed6-d1ba-4645-b1a3-5533121f0503

Authority page

590

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15815314

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Epimys alleni kaimosae

(E. Heller, 1912)

Family

Muridae

Root name

kaimosae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:181794

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3076a3bb5-20fe-45aa-95be-568f5fafba3d

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8814875

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Praomys stella

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

stella

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)

Hylomyscus stella

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Muridae

Root name

stella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

519

Authority publication

Lawrence

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 (2013:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/47979117/123794275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hylomyscus kaimosae

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

kaimosae

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 #100000534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

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