Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Desmomys harringtoni
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Desmomys harringtoni
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Desmomys harringtoni
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Desmomys harringtoni
Desmomys harringtoni: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Desmomys harringtoni: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
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 (Lavrenc...