Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Myomys ruppi (Van der Straeten and Dieterlen, 1983) . Annis. Mus. R. Afr. C., 237:121 . TYPE LOCALITY: Ethiopia , Bonke, north of Bulta, 2800-3200 m . DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia ; known only from Bonke and Bulta in the Gamo Gofa region of SW Ethiopia , 2700-3200 m . COMMENTS: Originally described as a species of Praomys (see Van der Straeten and Dieterlen, 1983 ) based on material collected by Rupp (1980) , who illustrated the skull as " Praomys albipes , stenocephaler Typ" (p. 92). M. ruppi combines morphological features of both M. albipes and Stenocephalemys , an observation reinforced by morphometric analyses ( Van der Straeten and Dieterlen, 1983 ). Were it not for the long tail of M. ruppi (a trait shared with M. albipes ), the species could as easily be included within Stenocephalemys .