This study addresses the current relative andlor absolute abundance of thernrodent guild in the Aforalpine belt (3400-4200 m asl) of the Bale Mountains NationalrnPark (BMNP). These rodents form the prey base for the critically endangered Ethiopiarnwolf Hence, density assessment of these rodellls is conceivably indispensable, asrnpertinent data are lacking since about a decade.rnThe data collecting technique had three components; namely, direct moleratsrnobservation, snap-trapping and live-trapping. All the three components of the techniquernwere applied to each of the three representative study sites: Lower Web Valley, UpperrnWeb Valley and the Sanelli Plateau, during the wet and dl)' seasons.rnAccordingly, density ofTachyol)!ctes macrocephalus was 6-10Iha. The com iliOnrnspecies of murid rodents within all the three areas of the Afi'oalpine belt were:rnLophuromys melanonyx 35.5% (l8-48Iha), Stenocephalemys albocaudata 34.1% andrnArvicanthis blicki 28.6% (l2-48Iha) with percent trap success of 14.0, 13.4 and 11.3,rnrespectively. The least abundant species were L. jlavopunctatus and S. griseicaudarnconstituting 0.6% and 1.2% of the totallllurids, respectivly. Percent trap success of L.rnjlavopunctatus was 0.2, whereas S. griseicauda had 0.5.rnThe relative densities of the murid rodents were thus, firmly undelpill/led byrnpercent trap success and absolute densities. Generally, the wet season and higherrnaltitudes represented greater densities, in contrast to the dl)' season and the lowerrnaltitudes for both the rhizomyid and //lurid rodents ill the BMNP.