Hylomyscus grandis Eisentraut, 1969:300
Mt Oku hylomyscus
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Hylomyscus aeta grandis Eisentraut, 1969:300
Conservation Status
Last record: 23 January 1967
Relocated post-2000
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Lake Oku, Mount Oku (upper slopes), Banso Highlands, Cameroon
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: ZFMK 69.731 (adult female, skin & skull)
Type locality: Lake Oku, Banso Highlands, Cameroon (fide Hutterer & Peters, 2010:18)
Paratypes:
ZFMK 69.732-69.734 (2 females, 1 male; all with skins & skulls only)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Eisentraut, M. (1969). Die Verbreitung der Muriden-Gattung Hylomyscus auf Fernando Poo und in Westkamerun. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 34: 296-307.
Other references:
Eisentraut, M. (1973). Die Wirbeltierfauna von Fernando Poo und Westkamerun. Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Bedeutung der pleistozänen Klimaschwankungen für die heutige Faunenverteilung. Bonner Zoologische Monographien 3: 1-428.
Hutterer, R., Dieterlen, F. and Nikolaus, G. (1992). Small mammals from forest islands of eastern Nigeria and adjacent Cameroon, with systematical and biogeographical notes. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 43: 393-414.
Hutterer, Rainer and Peters, Gustav. (2010). Type specimens of mammals (Mammalia) in the collections of the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Bonn zoological Bulletin 59: 3-27.
Schlitter, D. and van der Straeten, E. (2008). Hylomyscus grandis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 03 March 2014.