''Stenocephalemys'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are roden ...
in the family
Muridae.
The genus is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Er ...
.
Species
''Stenocephalemys'' contains six described species:
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Ethiopian white-footed mouse (''Stenocephalemys albipes'')
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Ethiopian narrow-headed rat (''Stenocephalemys albocaudata'')
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Gray-tailed narrow-headed rat (''Stenocephalemys griseicauda'')
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Rupp's mouse (''Stenocephalemys ruppi'')
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Stenocephalemys sokolovi''
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Stenocephalemys zimai''
References
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Rodent genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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