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White-tailed Stenocephalemys
Stenocephalemys albocaudata Frick, 1914
Also calledRat (fra) · Weil (deu) · etiopiankuonorotta (fin) · wąskogłówka białoogonowa (pol) · Белохвостая крыса (rus) · オジロホソズネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Ann. Carnegie Mus. vol.9 p.8
The Ethiopian narrow-headed rat (Stenocephalemys albocaudata) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found only in Ethiopia.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
COMMENTS: Inhabits the Afro-alpine moorland where it occurs with Arvicanthis blicki, Lophuromys melanonyx, and Tachyoryctes macrocephalus, which are also moorland specialists (Rupp, 1980; Yalden, 1988).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia; endemic to the E plateau between 3000 and 4050 m.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
activity
Activity patterns. The White-tailed Ethiopian Rat is presumably nocturnal and terrestrial.
Muridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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Every page naming Stenocephalemys albocaudata in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439016.