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<treatment id="04022660692E8809F9258D474D839A2E" ID-GBIF-Taxon="231540183" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:04022660692E8809F9258D474D839A2E" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/04022660692E8809F9258D474D839A2E" lastPageNumber="1508" pageNumber="1508" sourceUrl="http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001839">
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<taxonomicName id="BEDC28CE0DED26986B0523F4AF7D9D88" ID-CoL="7V6R" authority="Thomas 1920" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1508" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="7C76DC4092DDCB3DD90F8C763353D4DA" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Thallomys</emphasis>
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Thomas 1920
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<treatmentCitation id="874E2A66E86A43FCCC8E751B027E0431" author="Thomas" authority="Thomas 1920" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" journal="Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="141" pageNumber="1508" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" title="Thallomys" volume="5" year="1920">
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<taxonomicName id="DC5A50E52546ADB1AADD8911CB219DE6" ID-CoL="7V6R" authority="Thomas 1920" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1508" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="8552C2F8DEAFEF859B392CD2C2DC7ECB" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Thallomys</emphasis>
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Thomas 1920
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,
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<bibCitation id="20CF6CF69448248BF71A8DF526EC9778" author="Thomas" journal="Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9" pageNumber="1508" pagination="141" title="Thallomys" volume="5" year="1920">Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 5: 141</bibCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="46ECB5BDD32DA2B8BADCF1CDC39022D5" pageNumber="1508" type="type_taxon">
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<paragraph id="DFB339F19CAD7E4261A1B0D17AA05E1F" pageNumber="1508">
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<emphasis id="EDD06DD18810B8CB9A9DA05164F08420" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1508">Type Species:</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="E9125A7BC66B5341FF0DEFBC139641C1" authority="Thomas 1882" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1882" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1508" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigricauda">
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<emphasis id="90B7FEB393F4A7551D059F86FE4FCBB0" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Mus nigricauda</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="DFEB37520D274D9CEB392B6163ECCB0E" author="Thomas, O." refId="ref351527" refString="Thomas, O. 1882. On African mongooses. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1882: 59 - 93." year="1882">Thomas 1882</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="1F66198BCBA857B730955B003DEDD862" pageNumber="1508" type="child_taxa">
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<paragraph id="8618B95E286C379F0D98AAF9B185607F" pageNumber="1508">
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<emphasis id="0D9B21B29214CE4FA706B5A4ED77E824" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1508">Species and subspecies:</emphasis>
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4 species:
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<paragraph id="09A07ED8BAE1FC9159623CCD630F8214" pageNumber="1508">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="016FAFF05D1836526A5D3E24B9299FCB" authority="(Heller 1909)" baseAuthorityName="Heller" baseAuthorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1508" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="loringi">
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<emphasis id="7572153BF0DD5227D3912DA847DCF1E7" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Thallomys loringi</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="EE091A3C1D2C61FDEE03EE87EEA3747D" author="Heller, E." refId="ref146371" refString="Heller, E. 1909. Two new rodents from British East Africa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 52: 471 - 472." year="1909">Heller 1909</bibRefCitation>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="67F4237E661C7C2599C65E0C56AD4B2B" pageNumber="1508">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="946178EEC55D862F6B45A4CAAA62B0EA" authority="(Thomas 1882)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1882" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1508" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigricauda">
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<emphasis id="E85BEE87BD6BCFE183B12C955A37EFD3" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Thallomys nigricauda</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="D25F42D6162763C50C319A57A353E9D9" author="Thomas, O." refId="ref351527" refString="Thomas, O. 1882. On African mongooses. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1882: 59 - 93." year="1882">Thomas 1882</bibRefCitation>
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)
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<paragraph id="70A2BDA577B674A1163086EB436DD430" pageNumber="1508">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="CCA718F710CDFAEDA6639F0E90B3F7EC" authority="(Sundevall 1846)" baseAuthorityName="Sundevall" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1508" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paedulcus">
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<emphasis id="987E189F565A2C6809336C2315591BA2" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Thallomys paedulcus</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="140732559D0E26B3C8860D0BF27AA448" author="Sundevall, C. J." refId="ref344234" refString="Sundevall, C. J. 1846. Methodisk ofversigt af Idislande djuren Linnes Pecora. Kongliga Vetenskaps-Ajademiens Handlinger for ar 1844: 121 - 210." year="1846">Sundevall 1846</bibRefCitation>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="8892EB8FCA22B3BEEFBAFF673E7E8667" pageNumber="1508">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="23837417625CA5750DD52DC32DC64EFC" authority="Thomas and Hinton 1923" authorityName="Thomas and Hinton" authorityYear="1923" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1508" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shortridgei">
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<emphasis id="D3BBB29B968E8CC54483A6CD068BA961" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Thallomys shortridgei</emphasis>
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Thomas and
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<bibRefCitation id="538DD47706339185AB114E0FD7C7A44A" author="Hinton, M. A. C." refId="ref153971" refString="Hinton, M. A. C. 1923. On the voles collected by Mr. G. Forrest in Yunnan; with remarks upon the genera Eothenomys and Neodon and upon their allies. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 11: 145 - 162." year="1923">Hinton 1923</bibRefCitation>
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<subSubSection id="717C870CBCFDA43633087D29F088605D" pageNumber="1508" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="4D6F11D2E1512C9DE052A4F5A5724CF4" pageNumber="1508">
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<emphasis id="DD6C260E94570940C26B9170FE414229" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1508">Discussion:</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="2C4CAD2C517660CF6D6B82A7FF162123" pageNumber="1508">
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<taxonomicName id="B10D754AFFFEF0DD0E057B1FA53C3DF6" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1904" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Oenomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="DACE7C94B7B7277B8D38B339B3070976" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Oenomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Division. After being proposed as a genus by
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<bibRefCitation id="2088229FCBAC9B8719A47E6E2C827595" author="Thomas, O." refId="ref354514" refString="Thomas, O. 1920 a. The generic positions of " Mus " nigricauda, Thos., and woosnami, Schwann. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 5: 140 - 142." year="1920">
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Thomas (1920
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<emphasis id="5FAF4DAB06D2C520D3946D70E072F9CB" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">a</emphasis>
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)
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<taxonomicName id="C45F11299A01FFFF059428A18EA68E05" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="8220860A28DC506BF8DD6A3D86A0AF78" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Thallomys</emphasis>
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was used in checklists (e.g., G. M.
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<bibRefCitation id="DF95814232E5A95113310A858A012B52" author="Allen, G. M." refId="ref4894" refString="Allen, G. M. 1939. A checklist of African mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 83: 1 - 763." year="1939">Allen, 1939</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="6CB6474468BBB986E9279D2AD7ABD72D" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref92857" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp." year="1941">Ellerman, 1941</bibRefCitation>
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) until Ellerman et al. (1953) united it with subgenus
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<taxonomicName id="D8874406751EB49D43A52A3D9E570FBF" baseAuthorityName="G. M. Allen" baseAuthorityYear="1939" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="625A9118437C3D4B8A31E3EAABB50CF9" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Aethomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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of
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<emphasis id="83FBC76F85CA2A0923F4757F2031B04A" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Rattus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="2ED048F6270EB289D95335AD37EC084D" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="365643B6AA31ABE3E3DD372E8384AB8F" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Thallomys</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="D6756A3525BE6F76865153EACE592EBD" author="Lundholm, B. G." refId="ref217818" refString="Lundholm, B. G. 1955 c. Remarks on some South African Murinae. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 22: 321 - 329." year="1955">
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Lundholm (1955
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)
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, who also suggested it was closely related to
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<taxonomicName id="BF53A10D1153CB8D1D9237FE206B6D29" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thamnomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="631DC8E51291533FBC909684065CB13C" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Thamnomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation id="064AFD9EBE840EE68EED5B1871062C2B" author="Misonne, X." refId="ref243286" refString="Misonne, X. 1969. African and Indo-Australian Muridae: Evolutionary trends. Annales Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Serie IN- 8, Sciences Zoologiques, 172: 1 - 219." year="1969">Misonne (1969)</bibRefCitation>
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pointed out that
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<taxonomicName id="B9532B975EAE1AD4DD74ECE17608B290" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="4C74B28FD60C03AD06341DBD2E87E341" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Thallomys</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="E1A4A3D979C0ED255F78F9EA797E6026" baseAuthorityName="Sody" baseAuthorityYear="1932" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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, and is most closely related to Tertiary European
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<emphasis id="74C6FF47AA7B3A3A96320D49196DFC7A" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Parapodemus</emphasis>
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, an evaluation based on molar occlusal patterns. Analysis of microcomplement fixation of albumin groups
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<taxonomicName id="E5FFCE482349970A9BB747C7AD25B1CA" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="8CF01097AA2CC884581382BF0FABE1DF" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Thallomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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with
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<taxonomicName id="C75730B880DC178701B0666E240EEE3C" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="FCACFE47634691EE3DE19199C829E92F" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Grammomys</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="95377A2D8673CE4743C5555BD2D1E9EC" baseAuthorityName="Musser" baseAuthorityYear="1987" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pelomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="F746B0990DFCF35EF7FDA0DFCAD4F4AD" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Pelomys</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="C2D96E150145AFCC40CF339EADE92BF1" authorityName="Trouessart" authorityYear="1881" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lemniscomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="8C23B49C6884FF99FD35FA66E0800DEA" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Lemniscomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<taxonomicName id="3328B31822B807A50B167CAE6F48BAA4" authority="(Watts and Baverstock, 1995 a)" baseAuthorityName="Watts and Baverstock" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B124E8202E68C941EF039C44922D7188" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Rhabdomys</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="6B330EBA5E32E97AA9D567C3B9187833" author="Watts, C. H. S. & P. R. Baverstock" refId="ref384460" refString="Watts, C. H. S., and P. R. Baverstock. 1995 a. Evolution in some African Murinae (Rodentia) assessed by microcomplement fixation of albumin. Journal of African Zoology, 109: 423 - 433." year="1995">
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Watts and Baverstock, 1995
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<emphasis id="F02875F9699A3EC4C90948E5F46039AB" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">a</emphasis>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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. Although unrelated to
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<taxonomicName id="968914F22A3AB02066F8E556CCA04673" baseAuthorityName="Sody" baseAuthorityYear="1932" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="E6E2592D9FABA7FDA9E78D274538B85E" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Rattus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, the phylogenetic position of
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<taxonomicName id="ECFB05FFD68616741F1A95FF841EB0F1" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="D83708F407BE526ED7F052F271E8A497" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Thallomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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within the diversity of African murines is still unresolved; our allocation to the
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<taxonomicName id="0871D112C4E102F20E83C56A7BD27938" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1904" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Oenomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="66CE82C4282CDE5EC0611E29AE9C35B0" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Oenomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Division must be tested by analyses of gene sequences and suites of morphological traits. Gastric anatomy described by
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<bibRefCitation id="C37069510B86937E8F0F7CCD7ACD54CA" author="Perrin, M. R." refId="ref280722" refString="Perrin, M. R. 1986. Gastric anatomy and histology of an arboreal, folivorous murid rodent: The black-tailed tree rat Thallomys paedulcus (Sundevall, 1846). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 51: 224 - 236." year="1986">Perrin (1986)</bibRefCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="308FA2BF74E5EC56141440EAEA192A6B" pageNumber="1508">
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Early checklists and faunal accounts recognized several species (
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<bibRefCitation id="F2CCFD9C032772FD0C1207C3D4749117" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref92857" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp." year="1941">Ellerman, 1941</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="6AFDF257E400E1660A8CA92A5193C889" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306581" refString="Roberts, A. 1951. The mammals of South Africa. Trustees of " The mammals of South Africa " book fund, Johannesburg, 700 pp." year="1951">Roberts, 1951</bibRefCitation>
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), but for the last 30 years,
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<taxonomicName id="B6FF9049A68680430588C6F761BABBBC" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="6B339E3CC9FF9FA2D0E12B730C8481DC" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Thallomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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has been either treated as monotypic (D. H. S. Davis, 1965;
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<bibRefCitation id="0BE6E97124D22541CA94EB59492BD02E" author="Meester, J. A. J. & I. L. Rautenbach & N. J. Dippenaar & C. M. Baker" refId="ref236076" refString="Meester, J. A. J., I. L. Rautenbach, N. J. Dippenaar, and C. M. Baker. 1986. Classification of southern African mammals. Transvaal Museum Monograph, 5: 1 - 359." year="1986">Meester et al., 1986</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="89E1A1034C66FE9BED71C227E493BE9F" author="Misonne, X." refId="ref243324" refString="Misonne, X. 1974. Order Rodentia. Part 6. Pp. 1 - 39, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.). [issued 10 Sep 1974]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated." year="1974">Misonne, 1974</bibRefCitation>
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), or containing two species (F.
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<bibRefCitation id="5846E5726FF45E3AA275ECF0AAC96C22" author="Petter, F." refId="ref283988" refString="Petter, F. 1973 a. Capture de Thallomys paedulcus scotti en Ethiopie. Mammalia, 37: 360 - 361." year="1973">
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Petter, 1973
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<emphasis id="D2337F53E81587E9FB177B3C9F265DD6" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">a</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="CEE1BCF38DAE24BF43923BC9621FA1CC" author="Skinner, J. D. & R. H. N. Smithers" refId="ref329484" refString="Skinner, J. D., and R. H. N. Smithers. 1990. The mammals of the southern African subregion. Second ed. University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, 771 pp." year="1990">Skinner and Smithers, 1990</bibRefCitation>
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). That considerable and significant morphological diversity exists in the genus has been acknowedged. D. H. S. Davis (1965), for example, recognized five groups of subspecies, and F.
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<bibRefCitation id="C10BCFCA73847439F3A947DF988E6FD8" author="Petter, F." refId="ref283988" refString="Petter, F. 1973 a. Capture de Thallomys paedulcus scotti en Ethiopie. Mammalia, 37: 360 - 361." year="1973">
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Petter (1973
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<emphasis id="2E9FB3876A47090806CE93FAB1241FB5" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">a</emphasis>
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)
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</bibRefCitation>
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demonstrated that at least two species could be diagnosed. Regional faunal reports of Southern African Subregion mammals discussed presence of two distinct kinds (
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<bibRefCitation id="059353FE048C33E95CB86653293F4C6F" author="Skinner, J. D. & R. H. N. Smithers" refId="ref329484" refString="Skinner, J. D., and R. H. N. Smithers. 1990. The mammals of the southern African subregion. Second ed. University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, 771 pp." year="1990">Skinner and Smithers, 1990</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="7EAE2E5ED9B2E322805D7C19A3F4AD96" author="Smithers, R. H. N. & V. J. Wilson" refId="ref331985" refString="Smithers, R. H. N., and V. J. Wilson. 1979. Checklist and atlas of the mammals of Zimbabwe Rhodesia. Museum Memoir, National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, Salisbury, 9: 1 - 193." year="1979">Smithers and Wilson, 1979</bibRefCitation>
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).
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<bibRefCitation id="099E8E0E6C88BD8DA962E0A89169CA02" author="Meester, J. A. J. & I. L. Rautenbach & N. J. Dippenaar & C. M. Baker" refId="ref236076" refString="Meester, J. A. J., I. L. Rautenbach, N. J. Dippenaar, and C. M. Baker. 1986. Classification of southern African mammals. Transvaal Museum Monograph, 5: 1 - 359." year="1986">Meester et al. (1986)</bibRefCitation>
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announced the need for revision of
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<taxonomicName id="64B35EC68BD1BA39837B1131B0FFD100" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="81BD1B11081A45AF74F35CAF8B6C5199" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Thallomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, and that both morphological and chromosomal data suggested the presence of two species (see
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<bibRefCitation id="5DC302FE355C8042F14AAC822DE00E03" author="Gordon, D. H." refId="ref126019" refString="Gordon, D. H. 1987. Discovery of another species of tree rat. Transvaal Museum Bulletin, 22: 30 - 32." year="1987">Gordon, 1987</bibRefCitation>
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). Recently,
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<bibRefCitation id="4B41F2F36802D47578FCA7DE59639AD8" author="Taylor, P. J. & I. L. Rautenbach & D. Gordon & K. Sink & P. Lotter" refId="ref349317" refString="Taylor, P. J., I. L. Rautenbach, D. Gordon, K. Sink, and P. Lotter. 1995. Diagnostic morphometrics and southern African distribution of two sibling species of tree rat, Thallomys paedulcus and Thallomys nigricauda (Rodentia: Muridae). Durban Museum Novitates, 20: 49 - 62." year="1995">Taylor et al. (1995:59</bibRefCitation>
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; also see review in
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<bibRefCitation id="F97F5C1544D981AF681C8D022B76D7F7" author="Taylor, P. J." refId="ref348781" refString="Taylor, P. J. 2000 b. Patterns of chromosomal variation in southern African rodents. Journal of Mammalogy, 81: 317 - 331." year="2000">
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Taylor, 2000
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<emphasis id="63748964577CE674F44C31FF0C635775" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">b</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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) used morphometric analyses of southern African samples that "clearly confirms the existence of two biological species, establishes a reliable morphometric criterion for separating species based on cranial characters, and redefines species distribution limits with a reasonable degree of accuracy." They also noted that "A complete revision of the genus... awaits further multidisciplinary studies involving karyotypes, morphometrics, external characters and genetic/molecular studies, based on samples from throughout the range of
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<emphasis id="75E552D4ADA0D45F6AE33E58520A3482" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Thallomys</emphasis>
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in Africa and including an assessment of all available type specimens." We could not agree more. We list four species. Our review is based on original descriptions of taxa, Roberts' (1951) useful monograph and other regional faunal reports and revisions, large collections of specimens, and
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<typeStatus id="7E6FAF41EC14076B4CF5140368FBC721">holotypes</typeStatus>
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.
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<taxonomicName id="33EE9C4C1E526722ED48AE826B4D33A4" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="E7B256952F962323A8862FC2AFA4EAFB" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">Thallomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is represented by fossils recovered from late Pliocene and early Pleistocene sediments in East Africa (
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<bibRefCitation id="BE17072546100ECE02A6790ECE45B740" author="Denys, C." refId="ref81481" refString="Denys, C. 1987 a. Rodentia and Lagomorpha. 6.1. Fossil rodents (other than Pedetidae) from Laetoli. Pp. 118 - 170, in Laetoli, a Pliocene site in northern Tanzania (M. D. Leakey and J. M. Harris, eds.). Clarendon Press, Oxford, 561 pp." year="1987">
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Denys, 1987
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<emphasis id="DED7EF769DAEF47B2751B249CA1E1D35" italics="true" pageNumber="1508">a</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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; Jaeger, 1976;
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<bibRefCitation id="E504A6C6CB2E6642A8D3354D0389CE1C" author="Jaeger, J. - J. & B. Wesselman" refId="ref171554" refString="Jaeger, J. - J., and B. Wesselman. 1976. Fossil remains of micromammals from the Omo Group deposits. Pp. 351 - 360, in Earliest Man and Environments in the Lake Rudolf Basin. Stratigraphy, paleoecology, and evolution (Y. Coppens, F. C. Howell, G. L. Isaac, and R. E. F. Leakey, eds.). University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 615 pp." year="1976">Jaeger and Wesselman, 1976</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="4B27E484474C674A61747A4EFBA4CEEE" author="Wesselman, H. B." refId="ref387142" refString="Wesselman, H. B. 1984. The Omo micromammals. Systematics and paleoecology of Early Man sites from Ethiopia. Contributions to Vertebrate Evolution, 7: 1 - 219." year="1984">Wesselman, 1984</bibRefCitation>
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) and Pleistocene formations in
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<collectingCountry id="0C0F1975360CF25B53AA51ED75ABCA19" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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and
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<collectingCountry id="30079379284EB2C2E82D2121E354CA42" name="Namibia">Namibia</collectingCountry>
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(
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="1F36B3FDE277EA586D3D5FE575D981C0" author="Avery, D. M." refId="ref16081" refString="Avery, D. M. 2000. Notes on the systematics of micromammals from Sterkfontein, Gauteng, South Africa. Palaeontologica Africana, 36: 83 - 90." year="2000">2000</bibRefCitation>
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<bibRefCitation id="56AB3E09DBE67BDF65004879BC3B677D" author="Senut, B. & M. Pickford & P. Mein & G. Conroy & J. Van Couvering" refId="ref323714" refString="Senut, B., M. Pickford, P. Mein, G. Conroy, and J. Van Couvering. 1992. Discovery of 12 new Late Cainozoic fossiliferous sites in palaeokarsts of the Otavi Mountains, Namibia. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences (Paris), 314 (ser. II): 727 - 733." year="1992">Senut et al., 1992</bibRefCitation>
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); see review by Denys (1999)
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