Location: Harenna Forest, Ethiopia.
Date: 2018 Mar 24 – 8.24 PM.
Summary: Rarely seen in Ethiopia; only two other recent records (as at 2019).
Comments:
I photographed this Maned Rat about 6 meters up a tree (one photo only). It is a notable record considering the comments by Bryja et al (2019-p192) who note that in Ethiopia the “there is very little updated information about its distribution and population status. In fact, there are only two well documented more recent findings. One specimen was collected in Harenna forest in the Bale Mountains … The most recent record is from the camera traps in the Belete-Gera montane rainforest in south-western Ethiopia”.
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References:
Bryja J, Meheretu Y, Sumbera R, Lavrenchenko LA (2019). Annotated checklist, taxonomy and distribution of rodents in Ethiopia. Folia Zoologica 68(3):117–213, Praha. DOI: 10.25225/fozo.030.2019
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