Kerbis Peterhans's wood mouse

The Kerbis Peterhans's wood mouse (Hylomyscus kerbispeterhansi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in western Kenya, and presumably eastern Uganda on Mt. Elgon, and was first described as a new species to science in 2014. Its natural habitat is tropical montane rainforest. It occurs in sympatry with Hylomyscus endorobae in the Mau Forest of Kenya.^[1] The specific epithet honours American mammalogist and educator Julian Kerbis Peterhans [de].

Kerbis Peterhans's wood mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Hylomyscus
Species:	H. kerbispeterhansi
Binomial name
Hylomyscus kerbispeterhansi Demos, Agwanda & Hickerson, 2014