Albertine Rift wood mouse

The Albertine Rift wood mouse (Hylomyscus vulcanorum) is a rodent of the family Muridae, placed in the subfamily Murinae and the tribe Praomyini. It was first described by Lönnberg and Gyldenstolpe in 1925 as a form of the Hylomyscus denniae group, under the name Rattus (Praomys) denniae vulcanorum. The Mammal Diversity Database now treats it as a full species that was split from Hylomyscus denniae, following a 2006 review of the Hylomyscus denniae group in eastern Africa by Carleton, Kerbis Peterhans and Stanley. The type locality is Mount Karisimbi, at 3800 metres in the Virunga Volcanoes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It belongs to the Afrotropic realm and is recorded from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. The database also lists the names Volcano Hylomyscus and Volcano wood mouse, and gives its IUCN Red List status as Least Concern.