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Kerbis Peterhans's wood mouse

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Kerbis Peterhans's wood mouse
Scientific classification Edit this 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.[1] The specific epithet honours American mammalogist and educator Julian Kerbis Peterhans [de].

References

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  1. ^ 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.