Rodents of the menagesha state forest, Ethiopia, with an emphasis on the endemic Praomys albipes Rüppell 1842

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 201-212

  Bekele, Afework ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Endemic; Ethiopia; Menagesha State Forest; Praomysalbipes; Rodents; Snap trap

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030556135     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1996.10539308     Document Type: Article

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