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Harrington's Desmomys
Desmomys harringtoni (Thomas, 1902)
Also calledHarrington-Strohratte (deu) · Rat de Harrington (fra) · abisynek większy (pol) · etiopianrotta (fin) · krysa Harringtonova (ces) · Крыса Харрингтона (rus) · ハリントンクリークネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1902 p.313
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Another Ethiopian endemic that is apparently semi-arboreal (Yalden et al., 1976). Chromosomal data (2 n = 52, FN = 78) reported by Capanna et al. (1996 a), 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).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
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).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Another Ethiopian endemic, and one that is common, judged from the large series in museum collections.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopian plateau between 1500 and 3000 m (Rupp, 1980; Yalden et al., 1976).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
Where it has been recorded
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438879.