Hylomyscus endorobae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Praomyini
Genus: Hylomyscus
Species: Hylomyscus endorobae

Name

• Hylomyscus endorobae (Heller, 1910)

Holotype: USNM 162888, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “western edge of Mau Forest, 25 mi N Eldoma Ravine, 8600 ft [=2621 m]”, Kenya.

Combinations

• Epimys endorobae Heller, 1910: 3 [original combination]
• Hylomyscus denniae endorobae: Hatt, 1940: 536 [name combination, reduce to subspecies rank]
• Hylomyscus endorobae: Carleton, Kerbis Peterhans & Stanley, 2006: 311 [name combination, elevate to species rank]

References

Primary references

• Heller, E. 1910. Descriptions of seven new species of East African mammals. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 56: 1–5.
• Hatt, R.T. 1940. Lagomorpha and Rodentia other than Sciuridae, Anomaluridae, and Idiuridae, collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 76: 457–604.
• Carleton, M.D., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C. & 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. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[293:ROTHDG]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.