Hylomyscus vulcanorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Genus: Hylomyscus
Species: Hylomyscus vulcanorum

Name

• Hylomyscus vulcanorum (Lönnberg & Gyldenstolpe, 1925)

Holotype:

Type locality: Belgian Congo [= D. R. Congo], Birunga [= Virunga] Volcanoes, Mount Karisimbi, 3800 m.

Combinations

• Rattus (Praomys) denniae vulcanorum Lönnberg & Gyldenstolpe, 1925: 4 [original combination]
• Hylomyscus denniae vulcanorum: Allen, 1939: 386 [name combination]
• Praomys (Hylomyscus) denniae vulcanorum: Bishop, 1979: 528 [name combination]
• Hylomyscus vulcanorum: Carleton, Kerbis Peterhans & Stanley, 2006: 313 [name combination, elevate to species rank]

References

Primary references

• Lönnberg, E. & Gyldenstolpe, N. 1925. Vertebrata. 2. Preliminary diagnoses of seven new mammals. Arkiv för Zoologi 17B 5: 1–6.
• Allen, G.M. 1939. A checklist of African mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 83: 1–763.
• Bishop, I.R. 1979. Notes on Praomys (Hylomyscus) in eastern Africa. Mammalia 43(4): 521–530. DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1979.43.4.519
• 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.