The Stella hylomyscus or Stella wood mouse (Hylomyscus stella) 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, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Stella wood mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Hylomyscus |
Species: | H. stella
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Binomial name | |
Hylomyscus stella | |
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References
edit- ^ Schlitter, D. & Van der Straeten, E. 2004. Hylomyscus stella. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- ^ Thomas, Oldfield (1911). "Three new African rodents". Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 8. 7 (42): 590–593.