Hylomyscus is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa.
It contains 21 species divided into six species groups:
- H. aeta group
- Beaded wood mouse, Hylomyscus aeta
- Mount Oku wood mouse, Hylomyscus grandis
- H. alleni group
- Allen's wood mouse, Hylomyscus alleni
- Angolan wood mouse, Hylomyscus carillus
- Hylomyscus pamfi
- Flat-nosed wood mouse, Hylomyscus simus
- Stella wood mouse, Hylomyscus stella
- Walter Verheyen's mouse, Hylomyscus walterverheyeni
- H. anselli group
- Ansell's wood mouse, Hylomyscus anselli
- Arc Mountain wood mouse, Hylomyscus arcimontensis
- Heinrich's wood mouse, Hylomyscus heinrichorum
- Kerbis Peterhans's wood mouse, Hylomyscus kerbispeterhansi <small>2014</small>
- Mahale wood mouse, Hylomyscus mpungamachagorum
- Pygmy wood mouse, Hylomyscus pygmaeus
- StanleyâÂÂs wood mouse, Hylomyscus stanleyi
- Mother EllenâÂÂs wood mouse, Hylomyscus thornesmithae
- H. baeri group
- Baer's wood mouse, Hylomyscus baeri
- H. denniae group
- Montane wood mouse, Hylomyscus denniae
- Small-footed forest mouse, Hylomyscus endorobae
- Volcano wood mouse, Hylomyscus vulcanorum
- H. parvus group
- Little wood mouse, Hylomyscus parvus
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