Yalden's Desmomys

Yalden's Desmomys

Taxobox
name = Yalden's Desmomys
status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Desmomys"
species = "D. yaldeni"
binomial = "Desmomys yaldeni"
binomial_authority = Lavrenchenko, 2003
synonyms =

Yalden's Desmomys ("Desmomys yaldeni") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It is found only in Ethiopia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Lavrenchenko, L. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/45052/all Desmomys yaldeni] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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