Abstract
SUMMARY The present work admits 17 species of insectivore and 57 species of rodent to the list of Ethiopian mammals, of which only one (Saccostomus campestris Peters, 1846) has not previously been recorded from this country. Twelve of these species are known only from Ethiopia: Crocidura baileyi Osgood, 1936, Mus mahomet Rhoads, 1896, Muriculus imberbis (Ruppell, 1842), Praomys albipes (Ruppell, 1842), Stenocephalemys albocaudata Frick, 1914, Stenocephalemys griseicauda Petter, 1972, Arvicanthis blicki Frick, 1914, Pelomys harringtoni Thomas, 1903, Pelomys rex (Thomas, 1906), Lophuromys melanonyx Petter, 1972, Dendromus lovati De Winton, 1899, Tachyoryctes macrocephalus (Ruppell, 1842). The majority of endemic forms are restricted to, or most characteristic of, the central plateaux. However, it seems possible that Pelomys rex may be a forest form which is confined to southwestern Ethiopia, while at least two of the remaining « endemics » (Mus mahomet, Praomys albipes) are likely, to judge from their altit...
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