Stenocephalemys albocaudata Frick, 1914 . Ann. Carnegie Mus., 9:8.

TYPE LOCALITY: S Ethiopia, Chilalo Mtns, Inyala Camp .

DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia; endemic to the E plateau between 3000 and 4050 m.

COMMENTS: Inhabits the Afro-alpine moorland where it occurs with Arvicanthis blicki, Lophuromys melanonyx, and Tachyoryctes macrocephalus, which are also moorland specialists (Rupp, 1980; Yalden, 1988).