Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Arvicanthis abyssinicus
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Arvicanthis abyssinicus
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:
Arvicanthis abyssinicus
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:
Arvicanthis abyssinicus
Arvicanthis abyssinicus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Arvicanthis abyssinicus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: An Ethiopian endemic with 2n = 62, FN = 68 (Corti et al., 1996; Orlov and Bulatova, 1997; Orlov et al., 1992a). Historically the species was perceived to embrace forms occurring from Ethiopia south to Zambia (G. M. Allen, 1939; Dollman, 1911; Ellerman, 1941), but Osgood (1936:252) discussed several of A. abyssinicus's diagnostic features, noting that it 'is not unlikely that it is confined to Ethiopia and at least some of the forms of Kenya and Uganda which have been associated with it will...