Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Stenocephalemys albocaudata
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Stenocephalemys albocaudata
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:
Stenocephalemys albocaudata
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:
Stenocephalemys albocaudata
Stenocephalemys albocaudata: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Stenocephalemys albocaudata: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (nt)
Comment:
Comments: Inhabits the Afro-alpine moorland where it occurs with Arvicanthis blicki, Lophuromys melanonyx, and Tachyoryctes macrocephalus, which are also moorland specialists (Rupp, 1980; Yalden, 1988; Yalden and Largen, 1992). Chromosomal data reported by Corti et al. (1995, 1999) and Lavrenchenko et al. (1999). Yalden et al. (1996) cited Schlitter who claimed he caught the species on Mt Entoto (north of Addis Ababa), which would extend the range to the highlands west of the Rift Valley but that rec...