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<emphasis id="B7B39D28D0AE52ABEF2A10B7CE62F2E1" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">Lophuromys (Lophuromys) nudicaudus</emphasis>
Heller 1911
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<treatmentCitation id="B4617DAE07020471653819FD4FF94127" author="Heller" authority="Heller 1911" authorityName="Heller" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" issue="17" journal="Smithson. Misc. Coll." kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="11" pageNumber="1207" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nudicaudus" subGenus="Lophuromys" title="Lophuromys (Lophuromys) nudicaudus" volume="56" year="1911">
<taxonomicName id="315F234149DC4AD45A3F6E6491FD2B3F" ID-CoL="7VQQS" authority="Heller 1911" authorityName="Heller" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1207" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nudicaudus" subGenus="Lophuromys">
<emphasis id="0011B4362ABBFDDE9B129C7A0105577E" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">Lophuromys (Lophuromys) nudicaudus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="3F4F3B2BC30CC1F6D1D281DC771AEEDD" author="Heller, E." refId="ref146395" refString="Heller, E. 1911. New species of rodents and carnivores from equatorial Africa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 56: 1 - 16." year="1911">Heller 1911</bibRefCitation>
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="DB6605E9947EDAE53CF40A3D204C25A3" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1207">Type Locality:</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="A124FA80C12B413ED43B0F05747EE8BF" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4867324535" country="Cameroon" pageNumber="1207">
<collectingCountry id="DD2F7100E80FB4EC31889466C0C436A5" name="Cameroon">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
, Bula country, Efulen (see
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, for information about the
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).
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<emphasis id="9C3F4D7406CC3EBD71B910CAF416D48C" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1207">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="60F03A5E44ED5530F7ABADF6BCC205D6" language="eng" pageNumber="1207">Fire-bellied Brush-furred Rat</vernacularName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="098BBACA7D1BF82274D389800F1CE3BE" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1207">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="3B4F3D75C38D1B1E086D8DFF1404EEEA" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">Lophuromys (Lophuromys) afer</emphasis>
(Tullberg 1893)
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;
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<emphasis id="3AAC6AC8E095C71FA93BFFCBF39CD660" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">Lophuromys (Lophuromys) naso</emphasis>
Thomas 1911
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;
<taxonomicName id="F3F0919FB8CF795D142E3B3F3D206516" authority="Eisentraut 1965" authorityName="Eisentraut" authorityYear="1965" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1207" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="parvulus" subGenus="Lophuromys">
<emphasis id="0811953622D8E7071454C88C71230008" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">Lophuromys (Lophuromys) parvulus</emphasis>
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;
<taxonomicName id="CF1F0CF34F8137A17800F7A1753B92E3" authority="Matschie 1911" authorityName="Matschie" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1207" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tullbergi" subGenus="Lophuromys">
<emphasis id="E28589E7868238CD439F146CD5DCD094" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">Lophuromys (Lophuromys) tullbergi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="5A226EAA13AEB23FBD593610329E45B0" author="Matschie, P." refId="ref230482" refString="Matschie, P. 1911. Uber einige Saugetiere aus Muansa am Victoria-Nyansa. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde, Berlin, 8: 333 - 343." year="1911">Matschie 1911</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="CDE775488E6EE83862BBFFDF802417D7" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1207">Distribution:</emphasis>
Lowland tropical evergreen rainforest, usually below
<quantity id="E637D948209AF994A5E35776725AD2DE" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.0" unit="m" value="700.0">700 m</quantity>
, from S
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,
<collectingCountry id="1A6F3A417955C6E323AED75806167619" name="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</collectingCountry>
(including Bioko),
<collectingCountry id="A4A0B6E344DD4C77E62CECF0243E7CFE" name="Gabon">Gabon</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="47D5FB38D2EC06D78F400C7DE0AD2FA8" name="Republic of the Congo">Republic of Congo</collectingCountry>
, SW
<collectingCountry id="86FF023F9242DE72F66535B5B3AAF8FA" name="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</collectingCountry>
, and N Dem. Rep.
<collectingCountry id="3ADAD78BCCEBA9415C9C39D9D0BBC8D5" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
(
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), between the Ubangui River in the west and the Aruwimi River in the east; Basoko, 01E13' N, 23E35' E, near the confluence of the Aruwimi River with the
<collectingCountry id="4553688AEC38D1B6F2959CF7B191E9BF" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
, is the easternmost record. Despite intensive survey,
<taxonomicName id="A0EFD5464A5DF0E09CB5BA28F8FCEF4D" authorityName="Heller" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nudicaudus">
<emphasis id="8B8F13DE87A1E80CF5994DC7C7A9E9D8" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">L. nudicaudus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is not found on the right side of the
<collectingCountry id="C9BBDD80376782D6096E780521D0D131" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
River between mouth of the Aruwimi River and Kisangani to the southeast); elsewhere it occurs only on right side of
<collectingCountry id="3058B25CB2F306DACBB1ACA8ADC6F178" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
River. Distribution concordant with the West-Central and
<collectingCountry id="BC2EE2CBE09BB2B0A0804AA4D441D533" name="Cameroon">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
zoogeographic faunal regions (W.
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Verheyen et al., 1996
<emphasis id="3E2B8D893F7216290AB8BA2531F60096" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">a</emphasis>
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2ABBB9AEDA3E669C3661FCE00AB4D5FC" pageNumber="1207">
<emphasis id="44EEB0507091A33D19DFD528CCDFB45A" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1207">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="23A07685794A3603094B06F9D4351CD3">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E9EC6B67A21B8B54C8718E4AA6AEBC3B" pageNumber="1207" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="626253851C23CEE3077E6C6CDED08B20" pageNumber="1207">
<emphasis id="BC35F0F86CDEACA1F04061D7BB198219" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1207">Discussion:</emphasis>
Subgenus
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<emphasis id="407A2C75CB2FF6F7E173A11258E57951" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">Lophuromys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Most closely related to
<taxonomicName id="ED78D4021D93024F157195B4FE4C5448" authorityName="W. Verheyen, Colyn, and Hulselmans" authorityYear="1996" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="huttereri">
<emphasis id="7C52DAC5FC396BD535160B0913CDC6B7" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">L. huttereri</emphasis>
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from the left side of the
<collectingCountry id="C1FEC03F4294CE36E72A3E50621DF5DC" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
River in N Dem. Rep.
<collectingCountry id="9FE873CEAE72660B8D933E89EC31CFDD" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
(W.
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Verheyen et al., 1996
<emphasis id="8FF9997E1747F039108EB3ED6369FE67" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">a</emphasis>
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). Included in
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<emphasis id="CFA015C99AFDA5C84206C06FAF1C4C9D" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">L. sikapusi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="834EA43C4C0C576FD3E18062C7541761" 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>
, but is a distinct species;
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<emphasis id="E1DC11C400F99DCB01D98C83B531AA5E" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">L. sikapusi</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="6FC2E00DBF3122729B4E63DCC8D27721" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">L. nudicaudus</emphasis>
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occur together in the same region in W Africa.
<bibRefCitation id="27EDD090D7402F6D21D2EB89CAA2ACE2" author="Rosevear, D. R." refId="ref310288" refString="Rosevear, D. R. 1969. The rodents of West Africa. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 677: 1 - 604." year="1969">Rosevear (1969)</bibRefCitation>
discussed traits distinguishing the two species and the taxonomic history of samples in West Africa. W.
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Verheyen et al. (1996
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)
</bibRefCitation>
summarized taxonomic history of the two species (and allocations of the taxa associated with them), and morphological and morphometric analyses that distinguish them.
<bibRefCitation id="B789FE9C6599AC73788587C613A5A31A" author="Dieterlen, F." refId="ref84586" refString="Dieterlen, F. 1978 b. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Gattung Lophuromys (Muridae: Rodentia) in Kamerun und Gabun. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 29: 287 - 299." year="1978">
Dieterlen (1978
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)
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explained why
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<emphasis id="BE95D99D167054F56444DB44D0CD07DD" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">naso</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a synonym.
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described
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<emphasis id="5525C8007F2ADC97AC6A921E2E14AC2A" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">parvulus</emphasis>
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as a subspecies of
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<emphasis id="F841353807B9F7BB6226A6AE11A17F03" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">L. sikapusi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but
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included it in
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<emphasis id="1F901E4FAAB4A924C401AFAFAF9DDEA3" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">L. nudicaudus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. W.
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Verheyen et al. (1996
<emphasis id="0F1B3DF6BF7B961955CEAB31F8D3FC48" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">a</emphasis>
)
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endorsed the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="954623A971B1014EC4CFE5984B8578BD" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">naso</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
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<emphasis id="CA5C704B5E2D7EDFFF2C9B353BD8AB5E" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">L. nudicaudus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and synonymized
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<emphasis id="F03A6851934DC66DB4601D4B6DF1D261" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">parvulus</emphasis>
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with
<taxonomicName id="B1BCA3FE8E4EC3859F0DE9BE9DAE1A9F" authorityName="Matschie" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tullbergi">
<emphasis id="10E126FE4CC7B5FFB8A4D280F9F6AC89" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">tullbergi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; they were reluctant to include the latter in
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<emphasis id="43180141E55BAD3A5170A20AD8772596" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">L. nudicaudus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
until biochemical and other data could be analyzed, despite the apparent union of
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<emphasis id="8C5F1230A309E60D45A33822640AD00B" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">tullbergi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
<taxonomicName id="1BD5074E43EA49533F230C6E87369778" authorityName="Heller" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nudicaudus">
<emphasis id="2FC27E4734B054F2A7E119861315E030" italics="true" pageNumber="1207">L. nudicaudus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in their multivariate analysis. Karyotype of
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specimens was described by W.
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.
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