The Angolan hylomyscus or Angolan wood mouse (Hylomyscus carillus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
Angolan wood mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Hylomyscus |
Species: | H. carillus
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Binomial name | |
Hylomyscus carillus (Thomas, 1904)
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It is found only in Angola.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest.
References
edit- ^ Schlitter, D. & Van der Straeten, E. 2004. Hylomyscus carillus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1336. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.