Muriculus imberbis (Rüppell, 1842) . Mus. Senckenberg., 3:110.

TYPE LOCALITY: N Ethiopia, Simien, 3300 m .

DISTRIBUTION: Mountains of Ethiopia on both sides of the Rift Valley between 1900 and 3400 m (Rupp, 1980).

SYNONYMS: chilaloensis.

COMMENTS: Member of a unique rodent fauna endemic to high mountains of Ethiopia. Osgood (1936) described chilaloensis as a subspecies of M. imberbis .