Hylomyscus vulcanorum

(Lönnberg & Gyldenstolpe, 1925)

Albertine Rift 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

Arkiv f. Zool., 17B: no. 5, p. 4, 2 May 1925

Original name as described

Rattus (Praomys) denniae vulcanorum

Other common names

Volcano Hylomyscus · Volcano Wood Mouse

Type material

NHRM 278

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Birunga (= Virunga) Volcanoes, Mount Karisimbi, 3800 m, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Burundi · Uganda

Taxonomy notes

split from H. denniae

Taxonomy notes citation

Carleton, M. D., Peterhans, J. C. K., & Stanley, W. T. (2006). Review of the Hylomyscus denniae group (Rodentia: Muridae) in eastern Africa, with comments on the generic allocation of Epimys endorobae Heller. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 119(2), 293-325.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003462

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.

Rattus (Praomys) denniae vulcanorum

(Lönnberg & Gyldenstolpe, 1925)

Family

Muridae

Root name

vulcanorum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM 278

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

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

Hylomyscus vulcanorum

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

vulcanorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

804

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/111679876/111679880) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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