Hylomyscus aeta
(O. Thomas, 1911)
Beaded 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.
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Original name as described
Epimys aeta
Other common names
Beaded Hylomyscus
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1911.5.5.11
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Bitye, Ja [= Dja] River, S.E. Cameroon."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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Names and synonyms
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