<documentid="43E68AE01B862EC033F5AA2024220696"ID-CLB-Dataset="100954"ID-DOI="10.5281/zenodo.6887260"ID-GBIF-Dataset="a016af63-6437-427b-80b7-22bc9a002e20"ID-ISBN="978-84-16728-04-6"ID-Zenodo-Dep="6887260"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="carolina"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="carolina"IM.metadata_approvedBy="carolina"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="carolina"IM.treatments_approvedBy="guilherme"checkinTime="1656696812616"checkinUser="carolina"docAuthor="Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr"docDate="2017"docId="1E30E27534BDFF0CE4632A2070B088F1"docLanguage="en"docName="hbmw_7_Muridae_0536.pdf.imf"docOrigin="Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions"docTitle="Aethomys ineptus"docType="treatment"docVersion="13"lastPageNumber="757"masterDocId="E2099A0D3426FF97E1372C0977498313"masterDocTitle="Muridae"masterLastPageNumber="884"masterPageNumber="536"pageNumber="757"updateTime="1718983125921"updateUser="carolina">
<figureCitationid="0EA24FE634BDFF0CE4632A2072EE8544"box="[1364,1447,1577,1623]"captionStart="Plate 46: Muridae"captionStartId="149.[93,123,3260,3285]"captionTargetBox="[1369,1957,2671,3085]"captionTargetPageId="149"captionText="411. Indian Bush Rat (Golunda ellioti), 412. Harrington's Rat (Desmomys harringtoni), 413. Yalden’s Rat (Desmomys yaldeni), 414. Abyssinian Grass Rat (Arvicanthis abyssinicus), 415. Blick’s Grass Rat (Arvicanthis blicki), 416. Neumann's Grass Rat (Arvicanthis neumanni), 417. Sudanian Grass Rat (Arvicanthis ansorgei), 418. African Grass Rat (Arvicanthis niloticus), 419. Guinean Grass Rat (Arvicanthis rufinus), 420. Nairobi Grass Rat (Arvicanthis nawrobae), 421. Common Defua Rat (Dephomys defua), 422. Ivory Coast Defua Rat (Dephomys eburneae), 423. Cameroon Highland Striped Mouse (Hybomys badius), 424. Father Basilio’s Striped Mouse (Hybomys basilii), 425. Liberian Forest Striped Mouse (Hybomys planifrons), 426. West African Striped Mouse (Hybomys trivirgatus), 427. Moon Mountains Striped Mouse (Hybomys lunaris), 428. Peters’s Striped Mouse (Hybomys uniuvittatus), 429. Mount Oku Rat (Lamottemys okuensis), 430. Ethiopian Three-toed Grass Rat (Mylomys rex), 431. Dybowski’s Three-toed Grass Rat (Mylomys dybowskii), 432. Hinde’s Rock Rat (Aethomys hindei), 433. West African Rock Rat (Aethomys stannarius), 434. Bocage’s Rock Rat (Aethomys bocagei), 435. Kaiser’s Rock Rat (Aethomys kaiser), 436. Thomas’s Rock Rat (Aethomys thomasi), 437. Red Rock Rat (Aethomys chrysophilus), 438. Tete Rock Rat (Aethomys ineptus), 439. Nyika Rock Rat (Aethomys nyikae), 440. Silinda Rock Rat (Aethomys silindensis)"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6887780"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6887780/files/figure.png"pageId="155"pageNumber="757">438.</figureCitation>
<vernacularNameid="189A234D34BDFF0CE4802A2071928544"ID-CoL="65CLS"baseAuthorityName="Thomas & Wroughton"baseAuthorityYear="1908"box="[1463,1755,1577,1623]"class="Mammalia"family="Muridae"genus="Aethomys"kingdom="Animalia"language="eng"order="Rodentia"pageId="155"pageNumber="757"phylum="Chordata"rank="species"species="ineptus">Tete Rock Rat</vernacularName>
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<emphasisid="A4ED8F7134BDFF0CE4632A98710285B5"bold="true"box="[1364,1611,1681,1702]"pageId="155"pageNumber="757">Other common names:</emphasis>
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Head-body 140-155 mm, tail 144-170 mm, ear 18-22 mm, hindfoot 26-32 mm; weight 65-107 g. Males are on average larger than females, with considerable overlap in measurements between sexes. The Tete Rock Rat is a large rat with coarse fur reddish brown dorsally and white ventrally; dorsal and ventral coloration sharply delineated. Ears are medium-sized and brown. Tail is very long (115-120% of head-body length) and coarsely scaled with fine hairs. Limbs are relatively short, and foreand hindfeet dorsally white or off-white, with four digits on forefoot and five on hindfoot. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 44.
Reproduction is seasonal and restricted to wet summer months, although follicular development and presence of corpora lutea in females have been reported outside breeding season. Gonadal development in males is stimulated artificially by extending of daylength.
<emphasisid="A4ED8F7134BDFF0CE46E27417F5C8879"bold="true"box="[1369,2069,2888,2922]"pageId="155"pageNumber="757">Movements, Home range and Social organization.</emphasis>
Chimimba & Linzey (2008), Happold (2013a), Kern (1981), Linzey et al. (2003), Miller (1994), Monadjem et al. (2015), Muteka et al. (2006a, 2006b, 2006c¢).
