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Stenocephalemys Zimai
''Stenocephalemys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. The genus is endemic to Ethiopia. Species ''Stenocephalemys'' contains six described species: * Ethiopian white-footed mouse (''Stenocephalemys albipes'') * Ethiopian narrow-headed rat (''Stenocephalemys albocaudata'') * Gray-tailed narrow-headed rat (''Stenocephalemys griseicauda'') * Rupp's mouse (''Stenocephalemys ruppi'') *''Stenocephalemys sokolovi ''Stenocephalemys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. The genus is endemic to Ethiopia. Species ''Stenocephalemys'' contains six described species: * Ethiopian white-footed mouse (''Stenocephalemys albipes'') * Ethiopian narrow-he ...'' *'' Stenocephalemys zimai'' References * Rodent genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Murinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopian White-footed Mouse
The Ethiopian white-footed mouse or white-footed stenocephalemys (''Stenocephalemys albipes'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It lives in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Its natural habitats are tropical moist montane forest and tropical high-altitude shrubland. Description This is a medium-sized species weighing about , with an average head-and-body length of and a tail of . The ears are large, rounded and scantily haired. The dorsal fur is long, sleek and glossy, sandy brown, and slightly darker brown along the spine. Individual hairs have grey bases and sandy brown shafts. The underparts are abruptly delineated from the upper parts and are pale grey, the individual hairs having darker grey bases. The limbs are short and brownish-grey, the feet having white hairs on the upper surface, except for a dark mark above the metatarsals on the hind feet. The tail is bicoloured and appears naked, being dark above and pale below. Distribution and habitat The Ethiopian white-foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Childs Frick
Childs Frick (March 12, 1883 - May 8, 1965) was an American vertebrate paleontologist. He was a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History and a major benefactor of its Department of Paleontology, which in 1916 began a long partnership with him. He established its Frick Laboratory. He also made many expeditions to the American West, and his efforts helped to shape an understanding of the evolution of North American camels. By employing many field workers, Frick accumulated over 200,000 fossil mammals, which later were donated to the Museum. Biography Frick was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of the coke and steel magnate Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919) and Adelaide Howard Childs. He grew up at the family's Pittsburgh estate, Clayton, although the family later moved in 1905 to New York City. He developed his lifelong love for animals playing in the wooded grounds and steep hills behind Clayton, later dedicated as Frick Park. He attended Shady Side Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopian Narrow-headed Rat
The Ethiopian narrow-headed rat (''Stenocephalemys albocaudata'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-elevation shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-elevation grassland A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses ( Poaceae). However, sedge ( Cyperaceae) and rush ( Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs. Grasslands occur na .... References * Stenocephalemys Mammals of Ethiopia Mammals described in 1914 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Endemic fauna of Ethiopia Ethiopian montane moorlands {{Murinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are native to all major land masses except for New Zealand, Antarctica, and several oceanic islands, though they have subsequently been introduced to most of these land masses by human activity. Rodents are extremely diverse in their ecology and lifestyles and can be found in almost every terrestrial habitat, including human-made environments. Species can be arboreal, fossorial (burrowing), saltatorial/richochetal (leaping on their hind legs), or semiaquatic. However, all rodents share several morphological features, including having only a single upper and lower pair of ever-growing incisors. Well-known rodents include mice, rats, squirrels, prairie dogs, porcupines, beavers, guinea pigs, and hamsters. Rabbits, hares, and pikas, whose i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. The name Muridae comes from the Latin ' (genitive '), meaning "mouse", since all true mice belong to the family, with the more typical mice belonging to the genus '' Mus''. Distribution and habitat Murids are found nearly everywhere in the world, though many subfamilies have narrower ranges. Murids are not found in Antarctica or many oceanic islands. Although none of them are native to the Americas, a few species, notably the house mouse and black rat, have been introduced worldwide. Murids occupy a broad range of ecosystems from tropical forests to tundras. Fossorial, arboreal, and semiaquatic murid species occur, though most are terrestrial animals. The extensive list of niches filled by murids helps to explain their relative abundance. Diet and dentiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east and northeast, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. Ethiopia has a total area of . As of 2022, it is home to around 113.5 million inhabitants, making it the 13th-most populous country in the world and the 2nd-most populous in Africa after Nigeria. The national capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, lies several kilometres west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the African and Somali tectonic plates. Anatomically modern humans emerged from modern-day Ethiopia and set out to the Near East and elsewhere in the Middle Paleolithic period. Southwestern Ethiopia has been proposed as a possible homeland of the Afroasiatic langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gray-tailed Narrow-headed Rat
The gray-tailed narrow-headed rat (''Stenocephalemys griseicauda'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-elevation shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-elevation grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... References * Lavrenchenko, L. & Corti, M. 2004.Stenocephalemys griseicauda 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007. * Stenocephalemys Mammals of Ethiopia Mammals described in 1972 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Endemic fauna of Ethiopia Ethiopian montane moorlands {{Murinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupp's Mouse
Rupp's mouse or Rupp's stenocephalemys (''Stenocephalemys ruppi'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... References * Stenocephalemys Mammals of Ethiopia Mammals described in 1983 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Endemic fauna of Ethiopia {{Murinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stenocephalemys Sokolovi
''Stenocephalemys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. The genus is endemic to Ethiopia. Species ''Stenocephalemys'' contains six described species: * Ethiopian white-footed mouse (''Stenocephalemys albipes'') * Ethiopian narrow-headed rat (''Stenocephalemys albocaudata'') * Gray-tailed narrow-headed rat The gray-tailed narrow-headed rat (''Stenocephalemys griseicauda'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high- ... (''Stenocephalemys griseicauda'') * Rupp's mouse (''Stenocephalemys ruppi'') *'' Stenocephalemys sokolovi'' *'' Stenocephalemys zimai'' References * Rodent genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Murinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stenocephalemys Zimai
''Stenocephalemys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. The genus is endemic to Ethiopia. Species ''Stenocephalemys'' contains six described species: * Ethiopian white-footed mouse (''Stenocephalemys albipes'') * Ethiopian narrow-headed rat (''Stenocephalemys albocaudata'') * Gray-tailed narrow-headed rat (''Stenocephalemys griseicauda'') * Rupp's mouse (''Stenocephalemys ruppi'') *''Stenocephalemys sokolovi ''Stenocephalemys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. The genus is endemic to Ethiopia. Species ''Stenocephalemys'' contains six described species: * Ethiopian white-footed mouse (''Stenocephalemys albipes'') * Ethiopian narrow-he ...'' *'' Stenocephalemys zimai'' References * Rodent genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Murinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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