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
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: 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; Yalden and Largen, 1992). Chromosomal data reported by Corti et al. (1995, 1999) and Lavrenchenko et al. (1999). Yalden et al. (1996) cited Schlitter who claimed he caught the species on Mt Entoto (north of Addis Ababa), which would extend the range to the highlands west of the Rift Valley but that record requires verification.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Ethiopia; endemic to the eastern plateau (eastern side of Rift Valley), 3000 - 4050 m.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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
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.