Ethiopian Vlei Rat

Ethiopian Vlei RatThis rodent is restricted to Ethiopia's high mountains. A current species study says it prefers alpine moorland; a mammal reference describes the coat of narrow-concept O. typus as grizzled brown.What does it look like?Mammal Species of the World describes the coat of narrow-concept O. typus proper as grizzled brown.How does it live?This rodent is restricted to Ethiopia's high mountains. A current species study says it prefers alpine moorland; a mammal reference describes the coat of narrow-concept O. typus as grizzled brown.A genomic study of Ethiopia's highland rodents describes this species as Afro-alpine and says it prefers alpine moorland.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.