Chingawaemys

Description

Chingawaemys Lavrenchenko, Mikula & Bryja, 2021 - Chingawa Forest Rats

Chingawaemys is a monotypic genus, a medium-sized Praomyini rodent currently known only from the Chingawa Forest in south-western Ethiopia. The genus was described from a specimen collected in 2007 and is distinguished by its brownish-grey dorsal fur, contrasting whitish-grey underparts, dark ears and a long, mostly uniformly coloured tail. The feet are relatively short and covered with pale hairs, while the tail is considerably longer than the head and body (Nicolas et al., 2021).

Taxonomy

Chingawaemys is a genus. It belongs to the Muridae family.There is 1 lower taxonomic units covered in this database.

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Specimen

There is 1 specimen of the Chingawaemys genus in this database.

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