Heterocephalus glaber Riippell, 1842

Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 771-806 : 772

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7279017
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scientific name	Heterocephalus glaber Riippell, 1842
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Heterocephalus glaber Riippell, 1842 View in CoL . Mus. Senckenbergianum Abh., 3(2):99.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ethiopia, Shoa .

DISTRIBUTION: C Somalia, C and E Ethiopia, C and S Kenya.

STATUS: Common.

SYNONYMS: ansorgei, dunni, phillipsi, progrediens, scortecci, stygius.

COMMENTS: According to Honeycutt et al. (1991:58) genetic data indicate there are two geographic groups of this species in Kenya. The chromosome no. is 2n=60.