Hylomyscus simus

G. M. Allen & Coolidge, 1930

West African Wood Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Praomyini
Genus: Hylomyscus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Allen, G.M. and Coolidge, H.J., Jr. 1930. Mammals of Liberia. Pp. 569–622 in Strong, R.P. (eds.). The African Republic of Liberia and the Belgian Congo. Based on the observations made and material collected during the Harvard African Expedition, 1926-1927. Volume II. Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Massachusetts), 569-1067 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248223

Original name as described

Hylomyscus alleni simus

Other common names

Liberian Hylomyscus · Liberian Wood Mouse · West African Hylomyscus

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:24028

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:24028

Type locality

"Merikay, interior of Liberia."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Guinea · Sierra Leone

Taxonomy notes

split from H. alleni

Taxonomy notes citation

Nicolas, V., Quérouil, S., Verheyen, E., Verheyen, W.N., Mboumba, J.F., Dillen, M. and Colyn, M. 2006. Mitochondrial phylogeny of African wood mice, genus Hylomyscus (Rodentia: Muridae): Implications for their taxonomy and biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38(3):779-793. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.11.024

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003458

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Hylomyscus alleni simus

G. M. Allen & Coolidge, 1930

Family

Muridae

Root name

simus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:24028

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Merikay, interior of Liberia

Type locality

Liberia.

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:24028

Authority page

599

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248223

Authority publication

Cambridge (Massachusetts)

Name usages

Allen & Coolidge (1930:599, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
Allen (1939:385, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rattus (Hylomyscus) simus:

Heim de Balsac & Bellier, 1967

Family

Muridae

Root name

simus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

157

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

Heim de Balsac & Bellier (1967:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58093)

Hylomyscus simus:

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

simus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

803

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:803) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Weber, Wistuba, Astrin & Decher (2019:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/73107)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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