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<emphasis id="FF8909D67A2023A863E0DD284EEE2EB4" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1383">Species and subspecies:</emphasis>
1 species:
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Species
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<emphasis id="CD7F2D5DA880A3D268B8D62829E6DBDC" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Micromys minutus</emphasis>
(
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)
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<emphasis id="35FB1719CB5C8B6BF8669A300498D501" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1383">Discussion:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="64B78044D87D8DAC8EBF99F9B242DDDF" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Micromys</emphasis>
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Division. Generic diagnosis based upon molar traits provided by
<bibRefCitation id="103F80ACDCCC655C0602E824E94A3347" author="Storch, G." refId="ref341371" refString="Storch, G. 1987. The Neogene mammalian faunas of Ertemte and Harr Obo in Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol), China. -- 7. Muridae (Rodentia). Senckenbergiana Lethaea, 67: 401 - 431." year="1987">Storch (1987)</bibRefCitation>
. Molar morphology indicates a close relationship with members of Misonnes (1969)
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<emphasis id="0AEC97AEA03CDFAEFCD0FD94396CAEB8" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Progonomys</emphasis>
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group (within a more inclusive
<emphasis id="8BEBDBAF58F52750A3AE4DD128E27B57" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Lenothrix-Parapodemus</emphasis>
Division), and phylogenetic relationships assessed by microcomplement fixation of albumin (
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Watts and Baverstock, 1995
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) pointed to the Asian
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<emphasis id="16438756E26465F4C95C2E26B7B8716A" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Vandeleuria</emphasis>
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(also a member of Misonnes
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<emphasis id="891CC354A3DEE5EB382FF78A65DDA0E6" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Progonomys</emphasis>
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cluster) as the closest living relative of
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<emphasis id="50C9D735918668A5C33445BB156CB4C5" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Micromys</emphasis>
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, an alliance hinted at by Jüdess (1981) interpretation of chromosomal data, and explicitly indicated by Ellerman (1949:132) based upon morphology. Phylogenetic analyses of complete mtDNA cytochrome
<emphasis id="1A09C95A231D5365520DF769AD147BE3" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">b</emphasis>
sequences by
<bibRefCitation id="3BCAE698A16157969D0068BE16056C07" author="Martin, Y. &amp; G. Gerlach &amp; C. Schlotterer &amp; A. Meyer" refId="ref227687" refString="Martin, Y., G. Gerlach, C. Schlotterer, and A. Meyer. 2000. Molecular phylogenyof European muroid rodents based on complete cytochrome b sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 16 (1): 37 - 47." year="2000">Martin et al. (2000)</bibRefCitation>
could not resolve the phylogenetic position of
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<emphasis id="96BFAB8EA543E11608FA213CFB823B3E" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Micromys</emphasis>
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relative to other murines and deomyines sampled (
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<emphasis id="2B04B0D6768E4A7098E77828B32FCE4B" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Apodemus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="6DBD6C2A4DAE84E17A62FEFDCFFB29A7" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Mus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="208BA474EDB433A8E2658026BBDAD933" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Rattus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="2B1E8D886FE39BE66C32B3F12E125BF4" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Acomys</emphasis>
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), nor could analyses of sequences from the nuclear
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(
<bibRefCitation id="0B3083462C75A8A779CF6C2CA753456D" author="Robinson, M. &amp; F. Catzeflis &amp; J. Briolay &amp; D. Mouchiroud" refId="ref307568" refString="Robinson, M., F. Catzeflis, J. Briolay, and D. Mouchiroud. 1997. Molecular phylogeny of rodents, with special emphasis on murids: Evidence from nuclear gene LCAT. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 8 (3): 423 - 434." year="1997">Robinson et al., 1997</bibRefCitation>
); neither of these studies included
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<emphasis id="D656C0FC14B10995E7ACF2E1EED37159" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Vandeleuria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="FBA005055FCC18B377DFFAD55F1F84B8" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Micromys</emphasis>
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possesses a quality of the
<emphasis id="1D82CAD01D5BC2FC31A89D17E34C6524" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Lx</emphasis>
family of long interspersed repeated DNA compared with other extant murines sampled (
<taxonomicName id="342AF8B2630B747D9AF0BCB4DC710728" baseAuthorityName="Musser and Newcomb" baseAuthorityYear="1983" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="665350F0D0C4E80CB6B6228E14A360F1" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Mus</emphasis>
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,
<taxonomicName id="17322B40F638E9F6BCD9059E3BD587BF" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5A7C81DEF7B242CEDD4CD2A5ECDBAD7F" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Praomys</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="A3CCF99E7E26647C518250B9F471BD2E" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Rattus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A6794CAF6456D89781C0E95CF2C02226" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1873" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Bandicota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="BBB9190BBAC35AA740E57309DB20C686" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Bandicota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="82AB6F3574433C7C13043680AEE00DBB" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6298B0654CB91B018DBECD77C7FE4903" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Arvicanthis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="CACE112A04F75BFC0FA17114B72DF6B7" baseAuthorityName="Van der Straeten and Robbins" baseAuthorityYear="1997" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C227960B3EE3ACE2BB6269AC1CFFCD05" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Mastomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C31E45EC353CC5E5C5D1E32EAA58E331" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Hylomyscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D1F37196E6064DC8C1430D615FD775D5" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Hylomyscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="741E8D1B483F54D38DA9A6B61C998146" baseAuthorityName="G. M. Allen" baseAuthorityYear="1939" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="146D1EB20A567B4136AFFED2788E3DCC" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Aethomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="95CEC74FB9BEB49858C51209D409DCAF" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1875" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0BC74E650E8EE204D57E6EB97C38DDF9" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Dasymys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="D5E478B5F15BAF2A26078E41C89B73DF" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Apodemus</emphasis>
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) that indicates it to be the most divergent of those genera and an outgroup to them (
<bibRefCitation id="4711D5705C3ADE23B77638D267632432" author="Furano, A. V. &amp; B. E. Hayward &amp; P. Chevret &amp; F. Catzeflis &amp; K. Usdin" refId="ref110543" refString="Furano, A. V., B. E. Hayward, P. Chevret, F. Catzeflis, and K. Usdin. 1994. Amplification of the ancient murine Lx family of long interspersed repeated DNA occurred during the murine radiation. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 38: 18 - 27." year="1994">Furano et al., 1994</bibRefCitation>
). Those authors speculated that
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<emphasis id="36ECC3C537E2A5CB432CDECF4BC7F127" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Micromys</emphasis>
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diverged early from the core murine lineage, an observation consistent with scnDNA hybridization data (
<bibRefCitation id="BDFAF4A659EE5A310A46146A51D1BFC8" author="Catzeflis, F. M. &amp; C. Denys" refId="ref55027" refString="Catzeflis, F. M., and C. Denys. 1992. The African Nannomys (Muridae): An early offshoot from the Mus lineage-evidence from scnDNA hybridization experiments and compared morphology. Israel Journal of Zoology, 38: 219 - 231." year="1992">Catzeflis et al., 1992</bibRefCitation>
), analyses of sequences from nuclear
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gene, and mtDNA cytochrome
<emphasis id="FA5F40E60A94A871095378A170DA4267" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">b</emphasis>
and 12S rRNA (
<bibRefCitation id="C36A4485E2D94F255FF1ECA5A4E74E9C" author="Michaux, J. &amp; P. Chevret &amp; M. - G. Filippucci &amp; M. Macholan" refId="ref240901" refString="Michaux, J., P. Chevret, M. - G. Filippucci, and M. Macholan. 2002 a. Phylogeny of the genus Apodemus with a special emphasis on the subgenus Sylvaemus using the nuclear IRBP gene and two mitochondrial markers: Cytochrome b and 12 S rRNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 23: 123 - 136." year="2002">
Michaux et al., 2002
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), and the early presence of the genus and phylogenetic history in the Neogene.
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<emphasis id="4FAC9EDAD8DD9FC5BE86648979B6478E" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Micromys</emphasis>
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may have been the first lineage to have diverged from a common ancestral
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<emphasis id="1C89D2A00C7734D6944E8D5EC2871A69" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Progonomys</emphasis>
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like form approximately 12 million years ago (
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). Based upon her cladistic analysis of molar traits,
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suggested the Indomalayan
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<emphasis id="35E37A0CCB7BA9A12A05244584CCD51E" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Vandeleuria</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="6150E7E139A7B2FF9A80D8FAADB1997A" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Lenothrix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="3F75756E75BAA6D9FF0BD54E0B008BF9" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Pithecheir</emphasis>
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are also members of this primary divergent lineage.
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<paragraph id="0A64E5A5C2F20AD692B1C1C87C7023C0" pageNumber="1383">
The early evolutionary origin of
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<emphasis id="31F836721EE5AFBDB1170E76953C076B" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Micromys</emphasis>
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is reflected in its phylogenetic history documented by fossils representing ten extinct species: one from the late Miocene of
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(
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), seven from the late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene of Europe, one of which occurs in Europe and
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(
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;
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; see
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, who reviewed all the fossil species of
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<emphasis id="8854DDF3010B082F320F6E2E9F731717" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Micromys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), one from the early to late Pliocene of S
<collectingCountry id="E9E42C72A0585446409AAF8CC680F10D" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
(
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;
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), and another from the early Pleistocene of S
<collectingCountry id="FF27337AE90158BE97A9B76495EBF005" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="8922D4B93DD4B758471B242336CE5BB2" author="Zheng, S." refId="ref405916" refString="Zheng, S. 1993. [Quaternary rodents of Sichuan-Guizhou area, China.] Science Press, Beijing, 270 pp (in Chinese, with English summary)." year="1993">Zheng, 1993</bibRefCitation>
). &quot;The fossil
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<emphasis id="20C7BC858BADC6C7D75931CAE0D53544" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">Micromys</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
do not represent a single lineage which finally leads to the living
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<emphasis id="3BB67FC5080C94CBFE45982F77303951" italics="true" pageNumber="1383">M. minutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.... the genus underwent radiations and shows a rather complex phylogenetic history&quot; (
<bibRefCitation id="4F53653409AE640148C34380A7C708E4" author="Storch, G. &amp; T. Dahlmann" refId="ref341547" refString="Storch, G., and T. Dahlmann. 1995. The vertebrate locality Maramena (Macedonia, Greece) at the Turolian-Ruscinian Boundary (Neogene). 10. Murinae (Rodentia, Mammalia). Munchner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A, Geologie und Palaontologie, 28: 121 - 132." year="1995">Storch and Dahlmann, 1995:128</bibRefCitation>
). Only one living species is recognized by most workers, but whether extant samples represent one or more species has yet to be resolved by critical systematic revision
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.
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