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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Muriculus
SPECIES Muriculus imberbis
| Author: | Rüppell, 1842. | | Citation: | Mus. Senckenberg., 3: 110. | | Common Name: | Ethiopian Striped Mouse | | Type Locality: | N Ethiopia, Simien, 3300 m. | | Distribution: | Endemic to mountains of Ethiopia on both sides of the Rift Valley, 1900-3400 m (Rupp, 1980). | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | 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). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
chilaloensis Osgood, 1936
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