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<treatment id="13AA2F3F95545E5824D731919268DE3B" ID-GBIF-Taxon="231525319" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:13AA2F3F95545E5824D731919268DE3B" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/13AA2F3F95545E5824D731919268DE3B" lastPageNumber="937" pageNumber="937" sourceUrl="http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000082">
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<taxonomicName id="084A6217121A30C32CF8C962A71CCF86" ID-CoL="34QMZ" authority="Thomas 1903" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="937" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="insignis">
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<emphasis id="1F2AC901CF741F1D7E7F4EEBD7A6BFFF" italics="true" pageNumber="937">Dendromus insignis</emphasis>
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Thomas 1903
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<treatmentCitation id="2A92C51CB641D7166A6961DE747B5579" author="Thomas" authority="Thomas 1903" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" journal="Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="341" pageNumber="937" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="insignis" title="Dendromus insignis" volume="12" year="1903">
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<taxonomicName id="7C429C0133581D2D828202545D6D33D1" ID-CoL="34QMZ" authority="Thomas 1903" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="937" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="insignis">
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<emphasis id="5C09BB7E77EA0C673E6E7AC98EE7932B" italics="true" pageNumber="937">Dendromus insignis</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="B59975E48B6073487B51CB3CB4B332AE" author="Thomas, O." refId="ref352582" refString="Thomas, O. 1903. Notes on Neotropical mammals of the genera Felis, Hapale, Oryzomys, Akodon, and Ctenomys, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, 12: 234 - 243." year="1903">Thomas 1903</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibCitation id="1C73547AB270CAC7EFBD034D33AE9624" author="Thomas" journal="Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7" pageNumber="937" pagination="341" title="Dendromus insignis" volume="12" year="1903">Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 12: 341</bibCitation>
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</treatmentCitation>
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.
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<subSubSection id="DA8930B4130AD09220AE70A974408EF4" pageNumber="937" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="7BEDD67E8B81F431AC3500FB4AF81315" pageNumber="937">
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<emphasis id="DEDF1D4BF89F290BA77B372CE602F7BA" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="937">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="FA4D5FA4BA57D171697AE4055F011F64" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingRegion id="B09C07903740417015FCFDC7208577BC" country="Kenya" name="Nandi">Nandi</collectingRegion>
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.
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</materialsCitation>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="CA3FE159578DECFB58DEAD4CA1B9A56C" pageNumber="937" type="vernacular_names">
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<paragraph id="5D566590411C869C0CAE7C873DE74F28" pageNumber="937">
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<emphasis id="6DFCC5B4935656252F022F53F992BCBA" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="937">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName id="B90526C903C8C430311F7335A7CEF975" language="eng" pageNumber="937">Montane African Climbing Mouse</vernacularName>
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.
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<subSubSection id="E97E903104A8DFE65326F716F10C6E1A" pageNumber="937" type="synonym_list">
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<paragraph id="FAC028F55CD875AE8A72FF4D1ECFF3DC" pageNumber="937">
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<emphasis id="377FCFC444D72146B8143F662ED4CD2D" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="937">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="9CAA3009B1268036720C68CF755D07DB" authority="Osgood 1936" authorityName="Osgood" authorityYear="1936" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="937" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="abyssinicus">
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<emphasis id="C38BC5A685358F1D7D185FAF54BD7D70" italics="true" pageNumber="937">Dendromus abyssinicus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="D6F951FF67ACD128FADB839959414EB1" author="Osgood, W. H." refId="ref269005" refString="Osgood, W. H. 1936. New and imperfectly known small mammals from Africa. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 20: 217 - 256." year="1936">Osgood 1936</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="E43849039B14E3EB0907445B34CB7E7D" authority="Bohmann 1939" authorityName="Bohmann" authorityYear="1939" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="937" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kilimandjari">
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<emphasis id="A0C6105FB3545351427E54D08EE33141" italics="true" pageNumber="937">Dendromus kilimandjari</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="3A625C0E8ADB19EA6E329E062B2198D7" author="Bohmann, L., von" refId="ref34984" refString="Bohmann, L., von. 1939. Neue Rassen der Gattung Dendromus. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 127: 170 - 172." year="1939">Bohmann 1939</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="F00C7CC7A9E73867EB9D446B080FEE4E" authority="Heller 1912" authorityName="Heller" authorityYear="1912" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="937" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="percivali">
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<emphasis id="3AF27DD06B28A61CD8986C256AF0383C" italics="true" pageNumber="937">Dendromus percivali</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="8D9CE7F53E8CF85CC68BE9DD3480CBB1" author="Heller, E." refId="ref146421" refString="Heller, E. 1912. New rodents from British East Africa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 59: 1 - 20." year="1912">Heller 1912</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="6377E3EBE46CDAA0A1A68E967DF29446" pageNumber="937" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="9ABFA92CF80B5676F23C05C6487F99EA" pageNumber="937">
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<emphasis id="3CF7139B62CE76C8F941D2000474FC08" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="937">Distribution:</emphasis>
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Discontinuous in bamboo, heath, and alpine zones, ca.
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, of East Africa—
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<collectingCountry id="FD4AF929ED34E27546FAEDF51B84F5BF" name="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="063F3BB62208ABD7EB511CCEA437545D" author="Yalden, D. W. & M. J. Largen & D. Kock" refId="ref397218" refString="Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, and D. Kock. 1976. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia. 2. Insectivora and Rodentia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 8 (1): 1 - 118." year="1976">Yalden et al., 1976</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="049A471BCB8B03F2DCC876662E199572" author="Yalden, D. W. & M. J. Largen & D. Kock & J. C. Hillman" refId="ref397425" refString="Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, D. Kock and J. C. Hillman. 1996. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia and Eritrea. 7. Revised checklist, zoogeography and conservation. Tropical Zoology, 9: 73 - 164." year="1996">1996</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<collectionCode id="3C15D840FB7620A942332FF15EE36B96" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" type="">AMNH</collectionCode>
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81105) through W
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<collectingCountry id="E632ECEC2DF83CF565D772956991B2BF" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="F096F51BC1B196B460EC8EFB3816E66E" author="Hollister, N." refId="ref157105" refString="Hollister, N. 1919. East African mammals in the United States National Museum. Part II. Rodentia, Lagomorpha, and Tubulidentata. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 99 (2): 1 - 184." year="1919">Hollister, 1919</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<collectionCode id="99FCC0928D30FD7203B7A4967E29BB48" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" type="">AMNH</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="ED89CA5631EF79C022FC41B24131A725" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" type="Museum">MCZ</collectionCode>
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, and
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<collectionCode id="8471225349E527A8C9DAD2AE4BD22E5B" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" type="Museum">USNM</collectionCode>
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series) and Mt Elgon on the Kenya-Uganda border (Clausnitzer, 2001; reported as
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<taxonomicName id="53302F117E4FEA3DCE496BEC993778DC" baseAuthorityName="Brants" baseAuthorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas">
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<emphasis id="965A49E1E5AF6E86C3D4A2F7F3AE79C1" italics="true" pageNumber="937">mesomelas</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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), to Mt Kilimanjaro (
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<bibRefCitation id="141B8820B7E43F9065316BC34B20C772" author="Shore, R. F. & S. D. Garbett" refId="ref326440" refString="Shore, R. F., and S. D. Garbett. 1991. Notes on the small mammals of the Shira Plateau, Mt. Kilimanjaro. Mammalia, 55: 601 - 607." year="1991">Shore and Garbett, 1991</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="56CCAD95B2F6C28D2426A12A5D2E2271" author="Grimshaw, J. & N. Cordeiro & C. Foley" refId="ref130064" refString="Grimshaw, J., N. Cordeiro and C. Foley. 1995. The mammals of Kilimanjaro. Journal of East African Natural History, 84: 105 - 139." year="1995">Grimshaw et al., 1995</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<collectionCode id="E02B9142EC29DA01DA42CB3B3559849C" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" name="Field Museum of Natural History" type="Museum">FMNH</collectionCode>
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specimens); also Western Rift mountains from W
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<collectingCountry id="B72B7BF3B9B75966D05708C4965FC640" name="Uganda">Uganda</collectingCountry>
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(Rwenzoris,
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<bibRefCitation id="A73158727D44A4694A1CA3A72FC8BC1D" author="Kerbis Peterhans, J. C. & R. M. Kityo & W. T. Stanley & P. K. Austin" refId="ref183006" refString="Kerbis Peterhans, J. C., R. M. Kityo, W. T. Stanley, and P. K. Austin. 1998. Small mammals along an elevational gradient in Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Uganda. Pp. 149 - 171, in The Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Uganda. Exploration, environment and biology. Conservation, management and community relations (H. Osmaston, J. Tukahirwa, C. Basalirwa, and J. Nyakaana, eds.). Department of Geography, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 395 pp." year="1998">Kerbis Peterhans et al., 1998</bibRefCitation>
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) south to W
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<collectingCountry id="25C0DF65ABC95EAFDC16EB7D0EE97F58" name="Rwanda">Rwanda</collectingCountry>
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and E Dem. Rep.
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<collectingCountry id="2C122FF505855A02C4C5A7AD15D69C6C" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
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(
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<collectingRegion id="6D262FC87085172FF9897376AA3C951D" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" name="Sud-Kivu">Kivu region</collectingRegion>
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; large samples in
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<collectionCode id="3A3D1DD70A6F6B2E6B4FA366E5CB6945" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" type="">AMNH</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="14A8A5CE81B735E33F8665F98950F38A">BMNH</collectionCode>
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, and
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<collectionCode id="419D3A4BAA10CC2347BC3AC11DA1969E" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" name="Field Museum of Natural History" type="Museum">FMNH</collectionCode>
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); distributional extent unknown.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="B388E20DF13A898075C10323A5C45D2A" pageNumber="937" type="conservation">
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<paragraph id="873F5880E1E7212CB7E9B5D33AC9C17C" pageNumber="937">
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<emphasis id="EFBBFFEEBD0ED6FFFA23BD7FAACB3A52" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="937">Conservation:</emphasis>
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<collectionCode id="530CB159898C5C14484C1AC757EA28F7">IUCN</collectionCode>
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– Lower Risk (lc).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="5E576E8DF05B6DA3A233E71F90224ECA" pageNumber="937" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="E44207F72FDEC77905DEC692F0BFFCBE" pageNumber="937">
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<emphasis id="2F50064A3122262C1A33C76009082146" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="937">Discussion:</emphasis>
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Although
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<emphasis id="924A508FABDEC43D169C546229093549" italics="true" pageNumber="937">insignis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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has been included in
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<taxonomicName id="2DE4D93F0CB56A9F1319A7BCDBEB9FA9" baseAuthorityName="Brants" baseAuthorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas">
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<emphasis id="8C3E7F75BB3A46DAE64720184AE245CF" italics="true" pageNumber="937">D. mesomelas</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="DD7A8064C98C53AAC2381017E24FAE43" author="Bohmann, L., von" refId="ref35008" refString="Bohmann, L., von. 1942. Die Gattung Dendromus A. Smith. Versuch einer naturlichen Gruppierung (Ergebnisse der Ostafrika-Reise 1937 Uthmoller-Bohmann. VIII). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 139: 33 - 53." year="1942">Bohmann, 1942</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="B96AF854D30C90B80517D761791E8C20" 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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),
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<bibRefCitation id="280D7D479979C7F8C5B21BCB4EFEEEE9" author="Thomas, O." refId="ref354067" refString="Thomas, O. 1916 b. Three new African mice of the genus Dendromus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 18: 241 - 143." year="1916">
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Thomas (1916
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<emphasis id="62A6ACE374AB536226F546B827D8714B" italics="true" pageNumber="937">b</emphasis>
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)
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</bibRefCitation>
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cautioned that the "lumping of
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<emphasis id="4A820DF84BE9C967A04C5A3F376E7C2A" italics="true" pageNumber="937">insignis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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with the southern
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<taxonomicName id="88157904463187497E8DC33383A71794" baseAuthorityName="Brants" baseAuthorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas">
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<emphasis id="4CABE270A580BF10932F681132524044" italics="true" pageNumber="937">D. mesomelas</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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" appeared to be "unfounded," an evaluation sustained by specimen study.
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<taxonomicName id="F35A53C5C175ABF313E314D9785AA9C3" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="insignis">
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<emphasis id="89F2F790CBFE6328FCBEAEEC6928D404" italics="true" pageNumber="937">Dendromus insignis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is distinguished easily from the South African
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<taxonomicName id="50C294D19790F790541952037BDC07C8" baseAuthorityName="Brants" baseAuthorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas">
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<emphasis id="C3E4D80555C75550ED000B427D674769" italics="true" pageNumber="937">D. mesomelas</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by larger body size, shorter pelage, darker upperparts with a more prominent stripe, dark gray or grayish buff underparts (white washed with buff or ochraceous in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="0A8436C2B7013165A383F366CDFA28BA" baseAuthorityName="Brants" baseAuthorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas">
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<emphasis id="1742C564EBFBDA065D5D1735D0D2BE38" italics="true" pageNumber="937">D. mesomelas</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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), larger skull and longer molar rows, and interorbital and postorbital shape.
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<bibRefCitation id="45ED5169E0F54109F4F0602622D2C9AB" author="Bohmann, L., von" refId="ref34984" refString="Bohmann, L., von. 1939. Neue Rassen der Gattung Dendromus. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 127: 170 - 172." year="1939">Bohmann (1939)</bibRefCitation>
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described the large-bodied
|
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<taxonomicName id="D53931C9C4073256C0A05C73084D949C" authorityName="Bohmann" authorityYear="1939" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kilimandjari">
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||
<emphasis id="A57AC3324D168D8087599AD24E4F7FF4" italics="true" pageNumber="937">kilimandjari</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as a subspecies of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="04103806D1E75637EDE0892744120095" baseAuthorityName="Brants" baseAuthorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas">
|
||
<emphasis id="82BA4E96581EDD9C9856303F051D4F7A" italics="true" pageNumber="937">D. mesomelas</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
, but the name identifies another montane population of
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||
<taxonomicName id="F9B040A32EB3AAA9928F974E7AC07F04" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="insignis">
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||
<emphasis id="9E6BD933E78CA04FC32EEF016DA6FD5A" italics="true" pageNumber="937">D. insignis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
(study of
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||
<collectionCode id="4BAA931E44FF34764F9D04CCB689F2A5">BMNH</collectionCode>
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||
<typeStatus id="BD83CD2AB2A5B1A417D608BA37EE8310">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
);
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="BAAF14748B2EAB0C57E21EB91E5C6C6C" author="Thomas, O." refId="ref354067" refString="Thomas, O. 1916 b. Three new African mice of the genus Dendromus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 18: 241 - 143." year="1916">
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||
Thomas (1916
|
||
<emphasis id="8427C0BF454F915E1CF68886157BB149" italics="true" pageNumber="937">b</emphasis>
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||
)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
explained why
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F1D080719C8C9D1F6FA3E56D270DBB56" authorityName="Heller" authorityYear="1912" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="percivali">
|
||
<emphasis id="C37D484B0B8D5F4F66477F91DE2ED843" italics="true" pageNumber="937">percivali</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is a synonym; and allocation of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="CE91700997BC421A24E1A5653FCA41EB" authorityName="Osgood" authorityYear="1936" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="abyssinicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="85140B6A57F734D3DED10B55F114FE39" italics="true" pageNumber="937">abyssinicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is based upon our inspection of the
|
||
<collectionCode id="3466D9601F6FB77BF3C279391A5FC74B" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" name="Field Museum of Natural History" type="Museum">FMNH</collectionCode>
|
||
<typeStatus id="5F86BCA45B24562DFB2D3C918EDBC2B1">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
. Prior to 1991, most literature references to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A16C2271BD98916D0C796A845AE6BB0C" baseAuthorityName="Brants" baseAuthorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas">
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||
<emphasis id="53FC7E9251EC59208513C63208351B64" italics="true" pageNumber="937">D. mesomelas</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in mountains north of the Southern African Subregion actually represent either
|
||
<taxonomicName id="06277231719D3F569716ECC78CF62E7F" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="insignis">
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||
<emphasis id="6A47537925B296EEB0827F79B2DC0697" italics="true" pageNumber="937">D. insignis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
or
|
||
<taxonomicName id="0E4DF4EE0E0363CD8EDEB7392DD8E3EB" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nyasae">
|
||
<emphasis id="E0340338C1759729C88066AECAA0CF28" italics="true" pageNumber="937">D. nyasae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(see account), which may co-occur in the Western Rift mountains. In the Rwenzori Mountains National Park,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4E13D9D6506C00650F238E949F71E45A" name="Uganda">Uganda</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="CAE95318EE1B6E21E51C3F084BAA0D25" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="insignis">
|
||
<emphasis id="F5825384D2EF416EF6DF4E1E63D1BA55" italics="true" pageNumber="937">D. insignis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="342685F42FEDED784B59F2C776D361BC" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nyasae">
|
||
<emphasis id="4CBA673EBED481ED18D9F1C6229A812A" italics="true" pageNumber="937">D. nyasae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(recorded as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F11580D91CAE511A1BD8E0BBEA0A52DD" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kivu">
|
||
<emphasis id="5887CE2A8D6B8959DDB806E904593558" italics="true" pageNumber="937">kivu</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) occur together in the moorlands above
|
||
<quantity id="8F3F909C75A7AE64B7AFA770A7C1C2F2" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" unit="m" value="3000.0">3000 m</quantity>
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||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7722268BD40004C0B43F58C864105E6B" author="Kerbis Peterhans, J. C. & R. M. Kityo & W. T. Stanley & P. K. Austin" refId="ref183006" refString="Kerbis Peterhans, J. C., R. M. Kityo, W. T. Stanley, and P. K. Austin. 1998. Small mammals along an elevational gradient in Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Uganda. Pp. 149 - 171, in The Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Uganda. Exploration, environment and biology. Conservation, management and community relations (H. Osmaston, J. Tukahirwa, C. Basalirwa, and J. Nyakaana, eds.). Department of Geography, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 395 pp." year="1998">Kerbis Peterhans et al., 1998</bibRefCitation>
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||
). On Mt Kilimanjaro,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C8989F5C944FC6564ECBBCBA023A75F7" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="insignis">
|
||
<emphasis id="6B6C129E11EDB8E7F69F57C25AE3E489" italics="true" pageNumber="937">D. insignis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
inhabits heath and alpine zones,
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||
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||
, and the savannah species,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1CDCDEE859539DE77876A5E16399F439" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanotis">
|
||
<emphasis id="D2617759E497F18D771A5640EDC8AB0D" italics="true" pageNumber="937">D. melanotis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, is found near the forest margin,
|
||
<quantity id="AA45061056BDEC35F160FF285C00ABDE" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" unit="m" value="1500.0">1500 m</quantity>
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(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="CBA4314244287F11AABC7696FD0D2968" author="Grimshaw, J. & N. Cordeiro & C. Foley" refId="ref130064" refString="Grimshaw, J., N. Cordeiro and C. Foley. 1995. The mammals of Kilimanjaro. Journal of East African Natural History, 84: 105 - 139." year="1995">Grimshaw et al., 1995</bibRefCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
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||
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