Kerbis Peterhans's wood mouse
Appearance
(Redirected from Hylomyscus kerbispeterhansi)
Kerbis Peterhans's wood mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Hylomyscus |
Species: | H. kerbispeterhansi
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Binomial name | |
Hylomyscus kerbispeterhansi Demos, Agwanda & Hickerson, 2014
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The Kerbis Peterhans's wood mouse (Hylomyscus kerbispeterhansi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in western Kenya, and presumably eastern Uganda on Mt. Elgon, and was first described as a new species to science in 2014. Its natural habitat is tropical montane rainforest. It occurs in sympatry with Hylomyscus endorobae in the Mau Forest of Kenya.[1] The specific epithet honours American mammalogist and educator Julian Kerbis Peterhans .
References
[edit]- ^ Demos, Terrence C.; Agwanda, Bernard; Hickerson, Michael J. (2014). "Integrative taxonomy within the Hylomyscus denniae complex (Rodentia: Muridae) and a new species from Kenya". Journal of Mammalogy. 95 (1): E1–E15. doi:10.1644/13-MAMM-A-268.