Ethiopian Striped Mouse
Muriculus imberbis (Rüppell, 1842)
First described in: Mus. Senckenberg. vol.3 p.110
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Member of a unique rodent fauna endemic to high mountains of Ethiopia. Osgood (1936) described chilaloensis as a subspecies of M. imberbis. Yalden and Largen (1992) reviewed the species as an Ethiopian endemic, which is infrequently encountered by collectors (Yalden et al., 1996).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Endemic to mountains of Ethiopia on both sides of the Rift Valley, 1900 - 3400 m (Rupp, 1980).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Member of a unique rodent fauna endemic to high mountains of Ethiopia. Osgood (1936) described chilaloensis as a subspecies of M. imberbis.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Mountains of Ethiopia on both sides of the Rift Valley between 1900 and 3400 m (Rupp, 1980).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438063.