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Annotated checklist, taxonomy and distribution of rodents in Ethiopia

BRYJA, Josef, Yonas MEHERETU, Radim ŠUMBERA a Leonid A. LAVRENCHENKO

Základní údaje

Originální název

Annotated checklist, taxonomy and distribution of rodents in Ethiopia

Autoři

BRYJA, Josef (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí), Yonas MEHERETU (231 Etiopie), Radim ŠUMBERA (203 Česká republika) a Leonid A. LAVRENCHENKO (643 Rusko)

Vydání

Folia Zoologica, BRNO, INST VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY AS CR, 2019, 0139-7893

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10613 Zoology

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 0.542

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/19:00112248

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

UT WoS

000500277800001

Klíčová slova anglicky

biodiversity; Ethiopian Highlands; biogeography; Somali-Masai savanna; Sudanian savanna; Rodentia

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 17. 4. 2020 17:22, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

We provide an annotated checklist of rodents of Ethiopia. For each species we show a distributional map based on critically revised data from: (1) published literature; (2) museum collections, including records in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF); and (3) recent field surveys performed in the last three decades as part of the Joint Ethio-Russian Biological Expedition (JERBE) and Ethio-Czech Research Projects. In most cases recent material was analysed in detail using genetic and/or morphometric approaches. In total, the Ethiopian rodent fauna consists of 104 species (40 genera, 10 families). Compared to previous studies we were not able to confirm the presence of 12 species, probably due to a lack of data from arid lowland areas, though some of these species may be extinct. We report the occurrence of > 40 species not previously included in a checklist published in 1996 (with many species still requiring formal description). Of the total number of species recorded, a high proportion are endemics of Ethiopian Highlands (43 species = 41.3 %), followed by those living in Somali-Masai (27) and Sudanian (13) savanna. The checklist confirms an unusually high level of Ethiopian rodent biodiversity, which should serve as a basis for conservation.