Desmomys harringtoni
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Desmomys harringtoni (Thomas 1902)
[Pelomys] harringtoni Thomas 1902, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1902: 313.
Type Locality: Ethiopia, W Shoa, Kutai, Katchisa.
Vernacular Names: Harrington's Desmomys.
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).
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Another Ethiopian endemic that is apparently semi-arboreal (Yalden et al., 1976). Chromosomal data (2n = 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).
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/A2267A57FF8A65DA07E1D2E970F9422A (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/C302C496557261619461A051C78556F5 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231540130 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Desmomys
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Thomas
- Species
- harringtoni
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Desmomys harringtoni (Thomas, 1902) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Lavrenchenko, L. A. 2003. A contribution to the systematics of Desmomys Thomas, 1910 (Rodentia, Muridae) with the description of a new species. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 50 (4): 313 - 327.
- Rupp, H. 1980. Beitrage zur Systematik, Verbreitung und Okologie athiopischer Nagetiere. Ergebnisse mehrerer Forschungsreisen. Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen, 28 (2): 81 - 123.
- Yalden, D. W., and M. J. Largen. 1992. The endemic mammals of Ethiopia. Mammal Review, 22: 115 - 150.
- Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, and D. Kock. 1976. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia. 2. Insectivora and Rodentia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 8 (1): 1 - 118.
- Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, D. Kock and J. C. Hillman. 1996. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia and Eritrea. 7. Revised checklist, zoogeography and conservation. Tropical Zoology, 9: 73 - 164.
- Capanna, E., M. V. Civitelli, D. Bizzocco, M. Corti, and A. Bekele. 1996 a. The chromosomes of Desmomys harringtoni (Rodentia, Muridae). Italian Journal of Zoology, 63: 37 - 40.
- Bulatova, N. S., and V. N. Orlov. 1997. Biological versus chromosomal diversity in Ethiopian mammals: A preliminary outlook. Pp. 68 - 85, in Ecological and faunistic studies in Ethiopia, part 1 (Joint Ethio-Russian Biological Expedition, ed.). Addis Ababa, 106 pp.
- Milishnikov, A. N., O. P. Likhnova, and V. N. Orlov. 1992. Protein variation in four species of Ethiopian rodents. Folia Zoologia Brno, 41 (1): 1 - 9.
- Baskevich, M. I., and L. A. Lavrenchenko. 1995. On the morphology of spermatozoa in some African murines (Rodentia, Muridae): The taxonomic and phylogenetic aspects. Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Research, 33: 9 - 16.