The beaded hylomyscus or beaded wood mouse (Hylomyscus aeta) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Beaded wood mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Hylomyscus
Species:
H. aeta
Binomial name
Hylomyscus aeta
(Thomas, 1911)[2]
Synonyms
  • Epimys aeta Thomas, 1911

References

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  1. ^ Schlitter, D. (2019). "Hylomyscus aeta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T10593A22451242. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T10593A22451242.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Thomas, Oldfield (1911). "Three new African rodents". Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 8. 7 (42): 590–593.