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 |
Binomial name | |
Hylomyscus kerbispeterhansi Demos, Agwanda & Hickerson, 2014 |
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. The specific epithet honours American mammalogist and educator Julian Kerbis Peterhans [de].
References
- 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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Hylomyscus kerbispeterhansi |
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