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Hylomyscus denniae Thomas, 1906
Order: Rodentia > Family: Muridae > Genus: Hylomyscus > Species: Hylomyscus denniae Thomas, 1906
Type Description
Thomas, O. 1906. Descriptions of new mammals from Mount Ruwenzori. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, 18:136-147.
Type Locality
Uganda, Mubuku Valley, Ruwenzori East, 7000 ft (2134 m).
Measurements
Head and body: 71-120 mm
Tail length: 100-172 mm
Hindfoot length: 19.5-22 mm
Weight: 8-42 g
Tail length: 100-172 mm
Hindfoot length: 19.5-22 mm
Weight: 8-42 g
Description
The Montane Hylomyscus (Hylomyscus denniae) has a soft and woolly, buffy fawn colour to the dorsal pelage with a whitish to buff colour on the ventral side. The head is greyer than the dorsal back side with the lower muzzle parts as white (
Comparisons
The skull of H. denniae has a long incisive (palatal) foramina compared to H. stella (
Distribution
Centered in the eastern African mountains, Hylomyscus denniae ranges from the northern sections of the Albertine Rift in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the central East African mountains of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. (Carlton & Stanley, 2005) A higher elevational species, H. denniae is also found in forest islands in the Afro-alpine and subalpine moorlands from west central to,Angola, Uganda, western Rwanda, and Kenya down through Tanzania and Zambia. (Kingdon, 1984, 1997) (Wilson and Reeder, 2005)
Key References
1. Bishop, I. R. 1979. Notes on Praomys (Hylomyscus) in eastern Africa. Mammalia, 43:521-530.
2. Carleton, M. D. and W. T. Stanley. 2005. Review of the Hylomyscus denniae complex (Rodentia: Muridae) in Tanzania, with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 118(3):619-646.
3. Carleton, M. D., J. C. Kerbis Peterhans, and W. T. Stanley. 2006. Review of the Hylomyscus denniae group (Rodentia: Muridae) in eastern Africa, with comments on the generic allocation of Epimys endorobae Heller. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 119(2):293-325.
4. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Hares and Rodents). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2B:585, 593.
5. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 206.
6. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2:1344-1346, 1579.
7. Thomas,O. 1906. Descriptions of new mammals from Mount Ruwenzori. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, 18:136-147.
8. Thomas,O. 1911. Thre new African rodents. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 7:590-593. 9. Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder (eds.). 2005. Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Third ed. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2:1336.
2. Carleton, M. D. and W. T. Stanley. 2005. Review of the Hylomyscus denniae complex (Rodentia: Muridae) in Tanzania, with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 118(3):619-646.
3. Carleton, M. D., J. C. Kerbis Peterhans, and W. T. Stanley. 2006. Review of the Hylomyscus denniae group (Rodentia: Muridae) in eastern Africa, with comments on the generic allocation of Epimys endorobae Heller. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 119(2):293-325.
4. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Hares and Rodents). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2B:585, 593.
5. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 206.
6. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2:1344-1346, 1579.
7. Thomas,O. 1906. Descriptions of new mammals from Mount Ruwenzori. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, 18:136-147.
8. Thomas,O. 1911. Thre new African rodents. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 7:590-593. 9. Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder (eds.). 2005. Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Third ed. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2:1336.