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--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Grammomys
SPECIES Grammomys minnae
Author: | Hutterer and Dieterlen, 1984. | Citation: | Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk., A, 374: 10. | Common Name: | Ethiopian Grammomys | Type Locality: | S Ethiopia, Sidamo Province, edge of Bulcha Forest, 1800 m. | Distribution: | S Ethiopia; limits unknown. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Recorded only from two localities. About the same body size as G. dolichurus and G. macmillani but has a very different karyotype (2n = 32, FN = 64; 2n = 52, FN = 66 in G. dolichurus and 2n = 68-76 in G. macmillani). Reviewed as an Ethiopian endemic by Yalden and Largen (1992; also see Yalden et al., 1996). |
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