Hylomyscus Wood Mouse Taxonomy Data from Kenya

Digitized taxonomic treatments describe a new species of African wood mouse (Hylomyscus) from western Kenya. The data supports a study comparing populations based on morphology, morphometrics, mitochondrial DNA, and multilocus species trees. The research was published by Terrence C. Demos et al. in the Journal of Mammalogy in 2014.

Use Cases

• Species delimitation analysis based on genetic divergence data mentioned in the description
• Morphometric comparison of rodent populations based on described morphological data
• Phylogeographic study of population expansion based on cytochrome-b sequence analysis
• Conservation assessment for species in protected and unprotected Kenyan montane forests

Strengths

• Data is derived from an integrative study using multiple lines of evidence: morphology, morphometrics, mitochondrial DNA, and multilocus species trees
• Study reports specific genetic divergence percentages (3.2–7.4%) for cytochrome-b sequences within the H. anselli group
• Provides a dated species tree placing divergences in the middle Pleistocene and late Miocene to early Pliocene

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Plazi, based on the original journal article in the Journal of Mammalogy

Collection Method

Digitized treatments from a published taxonomic study

Geography

Western Kenya (Mt. Elgon, Mau Escarpment, Cherangani Hills)