Desmomys harringtoni (Thomas 1902)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1319

Desmomys harringtoni (Thomas 1902)

[Pelomys] harringtoni Thomas 1902 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1902: 313.

Type Locality: Ethiopia, W Shoa, Kutai, Katchisa.

Vernacular Names: Harrington's Desmomys.

Distribution: Ethiopian plateau between 1500 and 3300 m, east and west of Rift Valley ( Lavrenchenko, 2003; Rupp, 1980; Yalden and Largen, 1992; Yalden et al., 1976, 1996).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Another Ethiopian endemic that is apparently semi-arboreal ( Yalden et al., 1976). Chromosomal data (2n = 52, FN = 78) reported by Capanna et al. (1996 a), Lavrenchenko et al. (1989), and Orlov and Bulatova (1997). Protein variation in geographic samples documented by Milishnikov et al. (1992), and spermatozoal morphology described by Baskevich and Lavrenchenko (1995). Reviewed as an Ethiopian endemic by Yalden and Largen (1992, as a Pelomys ). Distribution is allopatric to D. yaldeni ( Lavrenchenko, 2003) .