Stenocephalemys zimai
Lavrenchenko & Bryja in Mizerovská, Mikula, Meheretu, Bartáková, Bryjová, Kostin, Šumbera, Lavrenchenko, & Bryja, 2020
Zima's Ethiopian Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Muridae |
| Subfamily | : Murinae |
| Tribe | : Praomyini |
| Genus | : Stenocephalemys |
Species status
Authority citation
Mizerovská, D., Mikula, O., Meheretu, Y., Bartáková, V., Bryjová, A., Kostin, D.S., Šumbera, R., Lavrenchenko, L.A. and Bryja, J. 2020-09-10. Integrative taxonomic revision of the Ethiopian endemic rodent genus Stenocephalemys (Muridae: Murinae: Praomyini) with the description of two new species. Journal of Vertebrate Biology 69(2):20031.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.25225/jvb.20031Original name as described
Stenocephalemys zimai
Type material
ZMMU S-178783
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
the vicinity of the Chennek campsite of the Semien Mountains National Park (13°15′ N 38°13′ E), 3800 m a.s.l., Ethiopia.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Ethiopia
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Mizerovská, D., Mikula, O., Meheretu, Y., Bartáková, V., Bryjová, A., Kostin, D. S., ... & Bryja, J. (2020). Integrative taxonomic revision of the Ethiopian endemic rodent genus Stenocephalemys (Muridae: Murinae: Praomyini) with the description of two new species. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 69(2), 1-21.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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