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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Desmomys
SPECIES Desmomys harringtoni
| Author: | Thomas, 1902. | | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1902: 313. | | Common Name: | Harrington’s Desmomys | | Type Locality: | Ethiopia, W Shoa, Kutai, Katchisa. | | Distribution: | Ethiopian plateau between 1500 and 3300 m, east and west of Rift Valley (Lavrenchenko, 2003; Rupp, 1980; Yalden and Largen, 1992; Yalden et al., 1976, 1996). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Another Ethiopian endemic that is apparently semi-arboreal (Yalden et al., 1976). Chromosomal data (2n = 52, FN = 78) reported by Capanna et al. (1996a), Lavrenchenko et al. (1989), and Orlov and Bulatova (1997). Protein variation in geographic samples documented by Milishnikov et al. (1992), and spermatozoal morphology described by Baskevich and Lavrenchenko (1995). Reviewed as an Ethiopian endemic by Yalden and Largen (1992, as a Pelomys). Distribution is allopatric to D. yaldeni (Lavrenchenko, 2003). |
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