Allen's wood mouse

Allen's wood mouse, also known as Allen's hylomyscus, is a rodent with the scientific name Hylomyscus alleni. It is a member of the family Muridae, which holds the true mice and rats, and is placed in the genus Hylomyscus, the African wood mice. The species is native to West and Central Africa, where it is described as widely distributed rather than confined to a single locality. It occurs in deciduous forest habitat. Few other details are given in the main encyclopedia entry for the animal, so this record confines itself to its classification, its broad African range and its forest habitat. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists its IUCN Red List category as Least Concern.