Stenocephalemys
Stenocephalemys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. The genus is endemic to Ethiopia.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Praomyini |
| Genus: | Stenocephalemys Frick, 1914 |
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Species
Stenocephalemys contains six described species:[1]
- Ethiopian white-footed mouse (Stenocephalemys albipes) (Rüppell, 1842)
- Ethiopian narrow-headed rat (Stenocephalemys albocaudatus) Frick, 1914
- Gray-tailed narrow-headed rat (Stenocephalemys griseicauda) F. Petter, 1972
- Rupp's mouse (Stenocephalemys ruppi) Van der Straeten & Dieterlen, 1983
- Stenocephalemys sokolovi Lavrenchenko & Bryja, 2020
- Stenocephalemys zimai Lavrenchenko & Bryja, 2020
References
- Mizerovská, Daniela; Mikula, Ondřej; Meheretu, Yonas; Bartáková, Veronika; Bryjová, Anna; Kostin, Danila S.; Šumbera, Radim; Lavrenchenko, Leonid A.; Bryja, Josef (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): 1. doi:10.25225/jvb.20031. ISSN 2694-7684.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1500–1501. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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