Allen's wood mouse or Allen's hylomyscus (Hylomyscus alleni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is native to West and Central Africa, where it is widely distributed. It occurs in deciduous forest habitat.[1]
| Allen's wood mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Hylomyscus |
| Species: | H. alleni
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| Binomial name | |
| Hylomyscus alleni (Waterhouse, 1838)
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References
edit- ^ Schlitter, D., van der Straeten, E. & Decher, J. 2008. Hylomyscus alleni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 16 April 2015.
Further reading
edit- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1335–1336. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.1335-1336&rft.edition=3rd&rft.pub=Johns Hopkins University Press&rft.date=2005&rft_id=info:oclcnum/62265494&rft.isbn=978-0-8018-8221-0&rft.aulast=Musser&rft.aufirst=G. G.&rft.au=Carleton, M. D.&rft_id=http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001387&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Allen's wood mouse" class="Z3988">
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