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 …

Background Rodents of the genus Mus represent one of the most valuable biological
models for biomedical and evolutionary research. Out of the four currently recognized …

For over thirty years, the Mammal Research Group of Joint Ethio-Russian Biological
Expedition (JERBE) studied diversity and evolution of Ethiopian mammals. The goal of the …

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 …

The Ethiopian highlands represent a remarkable biodiversity 'hot spot'with a very high
number of endemic species, even among vertebrates. Ethiopian representatives of a …

Abstract African Grass Rats of the genus Arvicanthis Lesson, 1842, are one of the most
important groups of rodents in sub‐Saharan Africa. They are abundant in a variety of open …

Root-rats of the genus Tachyoryctes (Spalacidae) are subterranean herbivores occupying
open humid habitats in the highlands of Eastern Africa. There is strong disagreement about …

Faunal studies of rodent assemblages from the areas on and around Choke Mountain (north-
western Ethiopia) were conducted during two field seasons in 2012 and 2018. Here we …

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