Allen's Hylomyscus
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| Hylomyscus alleni (Waterhouse, 1838) |
Allen's Hylomyscus or Allen's Wood Mouse (Hylomyscus alleni) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and possibly Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
[edit] References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Schlitter, D., Van der Straeten, E. & Decher, J. 2004. Hylomyscus alleni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.

