Despite the importance of rodents as agricultural pests and reservoirs of zoonoses, the
taxonomy and evolutionary history of many groups is still not sufficiently understood. The …

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

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 …

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

Climbing mice in the genus Dendromus (sensu lato) are widely distributed in Africa, south of
the Saharan Desert. The 17 currently recognized species in the genus range from …

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

Aim Assessment of phylogenetic diversity and biogeographical affinities of the rodent fauna
from one of the most neglected areas in Africa. Location Angola (with biogeographical …

Occupancy modeling is an essential tool for understanding species‐habitat associations,
thereby helping to plan the conservation of rare and threatened wildlife species. The …

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 …

Morphometric studies of 3D micro CT‐scanned images can provide insights into the
evolution of the brain and sensory structures but such data are still scarce for the most …