Stella Hylomyscus

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Stella Hylomyscus
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Hylomyscus Species: H. stella
Binomial name
Hylomyscus stella (Thomas, 1911)

The Stella Hylomyscus or Stella Wood Mouse (Hylomyscus stella) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are 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. 2004. Hylomyscus stella. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.