Stenocephalemys albocaudata Frick, 1914. Ann. Carnegie Mus., 9:8. TYPE LOCALITY: S Ethiopia, Chilalo Mtns, Inyala Camp. DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia; endemic to the E plateau between 3000 and 4050 m. COMMENTS: Inhabits the Afro-alpine moorland where it occurs with Arvicanthis blicki, Lophuromys melanonyx, and Tachyoryctes macrocephalus, which are also moorland specialists (Rupp, 1980; Yalden, 1988).

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Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 664, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098