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<emphasis id="E08B40D38DEE9675C0A2E1EDEF11C854" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Vandeleuria</emphasis>
Gray 1842
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<emphasis id="BE6348BC64D25162632BCC581D4B45F1" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Vandeleuria</emphasis>
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="5C491D72E6EDAA3FEB5F152286B42C80" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1516">Type Species:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="EE8F5261052322EB5571FB1C07BA45DC" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Mus oleraceus</emphasis>
Bennett 1832
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<emphasis id="02505061565944218B753BB4A70E7791" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1516">Species and subspecies:</emphasis>
3 species:
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Species
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<emphasis id="1CFF1B42866DB881C21638BE99075853" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Vandeleuria nilagirica</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="7CE75AC9A360BFA997FECEA913FC0E91" author="Jerdon, T. C." refId="ref173873" refString="Jerdon, T. C. 1867. The Mammals of India; a natural history of all the animals known to inhabit continental India. Rorkee, Calcutta, 319 pp. (Reprinted, London, 1874, 335 pp.)" year="1867">Jerdon 1867</bibRefCitation>
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<paragraph id="BCE7C7B064C847BAE02249E2FFAB2508" pageNumber="1516">
Species
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<emphasis id="968176F7B6C2DEB6DE13361348EB9565" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Vandeleuria nolthenii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="0905F8EBBB171FAC533832F3B164BC86" author="Phillips, W. W. A." refId="ref285703" refString="Phillips, W. W. A. 1929. Two new rodents from the highlands of Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica, Sec. B., 15: 165168." year="1929">Phillips 1929</bibRefCitation>
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Species
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<emphasis id="D5544C5A180D45679863F72E9077CB72" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Vandeleuria oleracea</emphasis>
(Bennett 1832)
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<emphasis id="9BCE01EA06F802F075A16A4B669157BB" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1516">Discussion:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0A9E8EF6D8ACB938970AEA34E6C5786E" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Micromys</emphasis>
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Division. An Indomalayan endemic allied to
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<emphasis id="5FA3FCDBE223FFAE1C5DB06FE76F6E89" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Chiropodomys</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="CD20931E3489759A9D56DAB745F24F68" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Vernaya</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="CC2C6C8966901AAAF1ECEAE94EF28689" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Micromys</emphasis>
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, a hypothesis based on dental morphology (
<bibRefCitation id="BEEBE0E0478C6A6CC3710C8283E8CF30" 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>
). Ellerman (1949:132) also tied
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<emphasis id="BE7AA9068AA3700086DB82336903118F" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Vandeleuria</emphasis>
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to
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<emphasis id="BF31BDE8B5A8E18530912CE2A89C681B" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Chiropodomys</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="368F80F1EB62C2F23B77F7F812A25897" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Micromys</emphasis>
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through their complex molar occlusal patterns. Using albumin immunology,
<bibRefCitation id="067FFAF2DF824CFB51F0032C848CAE67" author="Watts, C. H. S. &amp; P. R. Baverstock" refId="ref384505" refString="Watts, C. H. S., and P. R. Baverstock. 1995 b. Evolution in the Murinae (Rodentia) assessed by microcomplement fixation of albumin. Australian Journal of Zoology. 43: 105 - 118." year="1995">
Watts and Baverstock (1995
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)
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pointed to
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<emphasis id="06883134078A46C4DB712DCA0B2F9621" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Micromys</emphasis>
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as the closest phylogenetic extant relative of
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<emphasis id="D53136D4E1E8D459247968AB6A4709AA" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Vandeleuria</emphasis>
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. Phylogenetic analysis of molar traits by
<bibRefCitation id="41FE738CBCBBBE9AD165EAE23FAA5588" author="Chaimanee, Y." refId="ref56244" refString="Chaimanee, Y. 1998. Plio-Pleistocene rodents of Thailand. Thai Studies in Biodiversity No. 3: 303 pp." year="1998">Chaimanee (1998)</bibRefCitation>
indicated
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<emphasis id="9683D53404D4C171C344FD874F961741" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Vandeleuria</emphasis>
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formed a clade with
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<emphasis id="D9DEB27360F6E76E517E7EB6997DD5ED" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Pithecheir</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="02FC2AD9E1DEFC0647622879E1CA32D0" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Lenothrix</emphasis>
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; the close alliance between
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<emphasis id="0184D40F1EB182B190EC88A69672B83F" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Vandeleuria</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B304B3760A934A9E31021D6BEBE1FFA1" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Pithecheir</emphasis>
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was foretold by Ellerman (1949:132). Because of the immunological relationship between
<taxonomicName id="CBEC8E9E06EB6F6E3AE5B2D6CB6BDF1D" authorityName="Dehne" authorityYear="1841" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Micromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CD65E13A6E2B43E55FAE555D66744A5C" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Micromys</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="20341D24FDE153FD44EF9A6326D82F7B" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Vandeleuria</emphasis>
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, the early split of
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<emphasis id="B33ECD35F2B816A16DC0F84E1B47A4D9" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Micromys</emphasis>
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from the central murine lineage represented by a
<taxonomicName id="370516AF7A617A4B6555DA1098A8348A" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pogonomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C96AF99225E825B05D5D7F19B5F9EBF4" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Pogonomys</emphasis>
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like ancestor (see account of
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<emphasis id="16C91C58D19F97A628DFB82DCF3813C0" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Micromys</emphasis>
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), and the close cladistic relationship among the Indomalayan
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<emphasis id="89470747437DE1CFDFBB651FE7E4D214" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Vandeleuria</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="DB7AB473FFBB30429FC245CC17627084" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Pithecheir</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="C971925C0E1993499798D2BD8E3E69D5" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Lenothrix</emphasis>
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based upon molar traits, Chaimanee speculated that those three genera along with
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<emphasis id="2787BF1E6BF316CBE6DEB039BD041E48" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Micromys</emphasis>
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may be remnants of the &quot;first divergent lineage in the history of
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&quot; (1998:208). Fossils extracted from late Pleistocene cave sediments from the Sichuan-Guizhou region of S
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were identified as
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<emphasis id="4B9AB1A2E928F5CC3F781D80DD03B675" italics="true" pageNumber="1516">Vandeleuria</emphasis>
sp.
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(
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). Evolutionary history in
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, based upon isolated molars recovered from cave strata, extends back to late Pliocene (
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).
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