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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Desmomys
SPECIES Desmomys yaldeni
| Author: | Lavrenchenko, 2003. | | Citation: | Bonn. zool. Beitr., 50: 320. | | Common Name: | Yalden’s Desmomys | | Type Locality: | Ethiopia, Sheko Forest, 07E04'N, 35E30'E, 1930 m. | | Distribution: | Recorded from humid afromontane forest in SW Ethiopia (Sheko Forest and Gore), 1800-1930 m (Lavrenchenko, 2003). | | Comments: | Differs from allopatric D. harringtoni by smaller size, pelage coloration, and details of the karyotype, 2n = 52, FN = 62 (Lavrenchenko, 2003). |
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