Otomys, F. Cuvier, 1824

Kostin, Danila S., Kasso, Mohammed, Komarova, Valeria A., Martynov, Alexey A., Gromov, Anton R., Alexandrov, Dmitry Y., Bekele, Afework, Zewdie, Chemere, Bryja, Josef & Lavrenchenko, Leonid A., 2019, Taxonomic and genetic diversity of rodents from the Arsi Mountains (Ethiopia), Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) 83 (3), pp. 237-247 : 244

Genus Otomys

Otomys helleri is commonly found in patches dominated by Alchemilla in both ericaceous and Afroalpine habitats. We captured this species in the Shirka region (site 1), on Mount Chilalo (site 4) and on top of the Galama ridge in the Badda region (site 5). Although the western slopes of Mount Chilalo are similar to the type locality of the Otomys yaldeni described from the BM ( Taylor et al. 2011), we failed to trap this species, despite intensive trapping. Unless further sampling confirms the species in the AM and other mountains of the Southeastern plateau, the current distribution range of O. yaldeni appears to be restricted to the BM.