Annotated checklist, taxonomy and distribution of rodents in
Ethiopia

J 2019

Annotated checklist, taxonomy and distribution of rodents in Ethiopia

BRYJA, Josef; Yonas MEHERETU; Radim ŠUMBERA and Leonid A. LAVRENCHENKO

Basic information

Original name

Annotated checklist, taxonomy and distribution of rodents in Ethiopia

Authors

BRYJA, Josef (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution); Yonas MEHERETU (231 Ethiopia); Radim ŠUMBERA (203 Czech Republic) and Leonid A. LAVRENCHENKO (643 Russian Federation)

Edition

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

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

10613 Zoology

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.542

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/19:00112248

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25225/fozo.030.2019

UT WoS

000500277800001

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85082460519

Keywords in English

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

Abstract

In the original language

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.

Cite

BRYJA, Josef; Yonas MEHERETU; Radim ŠUMBERA and Leonid A. LAVRENCHENKO. Annotated checklist, taxonomy and distribution of rodents in Ethiopia. Folia Zoologica. BRNO: INST VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY AS CR, 2019, vol. 68, No 3, p. 117-213. ISSN 0139-7893. Available from: https://doi.org/10.25225/fozo.030.2019.

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BRYJA, Josef; Yonas MEHERETU; Radim ŠUMBERA and Leonid A. LAVRENCHENKO. Annotated checklist, taxonomy and distribution of rodents in Ethiopia. \textit{Folia Zoologica}. BRNO: INST VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY AS CR, 2019, vol.~68, No~3, p.~117-213. ISSN~0139-7893. Available from: https://doi.org/10.25225/fozo.030.2019.

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