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Hylomyscus carillus

Description

Hylomyscus carillus (Thomas 1904)

[Hylomyscus] carillus (Thomas 1904), Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 13: 418.

Type Locality: Angola, Andongo, Pungo, 1200 m.

Vernacular Names: Angolan Hylomyscus.

Distribution: WC Angola; limits unknown (Crawford-Cabral, 1998, claimed the species occurs in SE Dem. Rep. Congo).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Associated with either H. aeta (Hatt, 1940 a) or H. alleni (G. M. Allen, 1939), the affinities of carillus may be closer to H. stella (based on our study of the holotype and series from Pungo in BMNH). We have identified three distinct species of Hylomyscus occurring in Angola: H. carillus, an unnamed population related to East African H. denniae, and H. stella (specimens in AMNH, BMNH, and FMNH). Crawford-Cabral (1998) reviewed and mapped records he identified as H. carillus and regarded this as the only species in Angola; some of his records likely represent the other two species.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 1189-1531 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1336, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Thomas
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Genus
Hylomyscus
Species
carillus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Hylomyscus carillus (Thomas, 1904) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Crawford-Cabral, J. 1998. The Angolan rodents of the superfamily Muroidea: An account of their distribution. Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, Estudos, Ensaios e Documentos, 161: 223 pp.
  • Hatt, R. T. 1940 a. Lagomorpha and Rodentia other than Sciuridae, Anomaluridae and Idiuridae, collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 76 (9): 457 - 604.
  • Allen, G. M. 1939. A checklist of African mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 83: 1 - 763.