Mount Oku hylomyscus

Mount Oku hylomyscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Hylomyscus
Species:
H. grandis
Binomial name
Hylomyscus grandis

The Mount Oku hylomyscus (Hylomyscus grandis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] Found only on Mount Oku, Cameroon, in tropical Central Africa, its natural habitat is tropical moist montane forests. It has a very small range and is threatened by habitat destruction, so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being "critically endangered".

  1. ^ Kennerley, R. (2018). "Hylomyscus grandis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T45054A22450903. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T45054A22450903.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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. p. 1336. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.