Megadendromus nikolausi Deiterlen and Rupp, 1978

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 545

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scientific name	Megadendromus nikolausi Deiterlen and Rupp, 1978
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Megadendromus nikolausi Deiterlen and Rupp, 1978 . Z. Säugetierk., 43:131.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ethiopia, S Goba, Bale Mtns .

DISTRIBUTION: Apparently endemic to the Bale Mtns of Ethiopia.

COMMENTS: Known only by two complete specimens and two fragmented skulls extracted from owl pellets ( Demeter and Topal, 1982; Dieterlen and Rupp, 1978). Morphology and ecology were reported by Dieterlen and Rupp (1978); Demeter and Topal (1982) provided additional habitat information.