We provide an annotated checklist of rodents of Ethiopia. For each species we show a
distributional map based on critically revised data from:(1) published literature;(2) museum …

Abstract Aim The Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot (EABH) offers an ideal location
to investigate the evolutionary mechanisms producing a high level of endemic biodiversity …

The Ethiopian highlands are the most extensive complex of mountainous habitats in Africa.
The presence of the Great Rift Valley (GRV) and the striking elevational ecological gradients …

Aim Spatial processes and environmental filtering are important factors shaping community
composition, but their effects are rarely tested across all aspects and components of beta …

Ethiopian rats (genus Stenocephalemys) represent a monophyletic group of Ethiopian
endemic rodents that diverged in the Ethiopian Highlands during the Pleistocene. Because …

We describe two new species of white-toothed shrews from south-western and central
Ethiopia, based on recent collections and an application of morphological and genetic …

Species composition and habitat association of rodents and insectivores were studied from
August 2004 to March 2005 in Alatish National Park, northwestern Ethiopia. The main …

Abstract The Ethiopian Highlands represent one of the most important centres of endemism
on Earth. Six endemic species of laminate-toothed rats have been reported from Ethiopia in …

Two new species of white-toothed shrews, Crocidura afeworkbekelei and Crocidura yaldeni,
are described from southern Ethiopia. Comparisons are made with other species of …

Eastern Afromontane region is a well-known hotspot of biodiversity and endemism;
however, the relationships between groups of organisms inhabiting different highland areas …