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<emphasis id="906EC7B957BC180D52168E5A53603773" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">Mastomys erythroleucus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="97B5485F44261DCE72C7DEF2971E0B74" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">[Mus] erythroleucus</emphasis>
Temminck 1853
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,
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Esquisses Zool. sur la Cote de
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: 160
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.
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<emphasis id="1B9DE6C8ADB610A31D96408FF1802BE5" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1363">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="D324A21BC82B56CCB9C06187EB651A5C" name="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea</collectingCountry>
.
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.
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;
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<emphasis id="83F0A44058E7FB5CD430A07F037EC502" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">Mastomys gambianus</emphasis>
(Thomas 1911)
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;
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<emphasis id="713A10E20783CE126BF3553BB6663289" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">Mastomys peregrinus</emphasis>
(De Winton 1898)
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.
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<emphasis id="78EF60ACA9E7F26EA585E299C2DBA874" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1363">Distribution:</emphasis>
Mostly Subsaharan N Africa; an isolated population in WC
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(
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;
<bibRefCitation id="5EFD68E114F115234F0E2769369BAFF3" author="Aulagnier, S. &amp; M. Thevenot" refId="ref15625" refString="Aulagnier, S., and M. Thevenot. 1986. Catalogue des mammiferes sauvages du Maroc. Travaux de l'Institut Scientifique, Serie Zoologie, 41: 1 - 164." year="1986">Aulagnier and Thevenot, 1986</bibRefCitation>
); main range in
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,
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,
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,
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,
<collectingCountry id="5D14238531E171981DF8E7940DE833F0" name="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</collectingCountry>
, Côte dIvoire,
<collectingCountry id="394E79778DF8F17021B61C863CE91056" name="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="03D1CF7A4C908637C53015A9B4A712F9" name="Serbia">Mali</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="DF5838F7A679CC8FA9DB220FE4792A73" name="Niger">Niger</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="6559A38E99A9E5793DF600387E6DE998" name="Benin">Benin</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="9E585F5FE1ED6966E95A94D3E69D16E6" name="Nigeria">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
,
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,
<collectingCountry id="DC00E719DE84B28A626F9637A2BB0A52" name="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</collectingCountry>
,
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,
<collectingCountry id="6FF22DC2656A641CF61DC011D496A7A4" name="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
, E. Dem. Rep.
<collectingCountry id="170C98D6E99B3AFDE111CC0AF906A4BE" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="DAEA3B80C9B2CC8DD79AC642609B7924" name="Burundi">Burundi</collectingCountry>
, and W
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. See
<bibRefCitation id="D840E9A3C9762755910E8B6635FF161A" author="Granjon, L. &amp; J. - M. Duplantier &amp; J. Catalan &amp; J. Britton-Davidian" refId="ref127028" refString="Granjon, L., J. - M. Duplantier, J. Catalan, and J. Britton-Davidian. 1997 b. Systematics of the genus Mastomys (Thomas, 1915) (Rodentia: Muridae). A review. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 127 (suppl. 1): 7 - 18." year="1997">
Granjon et al. (1997
<emphasis id="74F964B7F8B42B29FD87C9754A5CD781" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">b</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="45939B2375CB2C62125206DFA3639D10" author="Volobouev, V. T. &amp; A. Hoffmann &amp; B. Sicard &amp; L. Granjon" refId="ref376116" refString="Volobouev, V. T., A. Hoffmann, B. Sicard, and L. Granjon. 2001. Polymorphism and polytypy for pericentric inversions in 38 - chromosome Mastomys (Rodentia, Murinae) and possible taxonomic implications. Cytogenetic and Cell Genetics, 92: 237 - 242." year="2001">Volobouev et al. (2001)</bibRefCitation>
, and
<bibRefCitation id="F3A914CD303345824A312340629F7B56" author="Ziegler, S. &amp; G. Nikolaus &amp; R. Hutterer" refId="ref406891" refString="Ziegler, S., G. Nikolaus, and R. Hutterer. 2002. High mammalian diversity in the newly established National Park of Upper Niger, Republic of Guinea. Oryx, 36: 73 - 80." year="2002">Ziegler et al. (2002)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="01A1F4330E6FB3B6C393AD1F76DF3702" pageNumber="1363">
<emphasis id="5164921BCDB768C9A3832E116736B279" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1363">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="EB8BD807C58457D2FEB01D1AF0C18D52">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="FB18E63E28096111DC4B97641EFF43D9" pageNumber="1363" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="71BE06246328BAB4B1B9CB1A346C17F4" pageNumber="1363">
<emphasis id="1AA5096EF7A6716C399E7966E5FED480" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1363">Discussion:</emphasis>
<paragraph id="ABD2FBBD0433B605EDE255356FDF6AC8" pageNumber="1363">
Chromosomal (2n = 38, FNa = 50-56) and electrophoretic data as well as fur color (reddish brown dorsum, whitish venter) set this species apart from other
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<emphasis id="1C26DF07288B4D030F77E036F774D7E9" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">Mastomys</emphasis>
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with which it occurs (Baskevich and Orlov, 1993;
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Duplantier et al. 1990
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,
<emphasis id="AA4BF3D0CB359E013975BC3D000EF3F1" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">b</emphasis>
;
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Granjon et al., 1997
<emphasis id="C88C89230FF9EC210CD16CB65B03C3BA" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="ABDEEC66F3796DBDC13B33BF2802DBB8" author="Lavrenchenko, L. A. &amp; O. P. Likhnova &amp; V. N. Orlov" refId="ref206193" refString="Lavrenchenko, L. A., O. P. Likhnova, and V. N. Orlov. 1992. [Hemoglobin patterns: A possible implication in systematics of multimammate rats Mastomys (Muridae, Rodentia).] Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 71 (8): 85 - 93 (in Russian with English abstract)." year="1992">Lavrenchenko et al., 1992</bibRefCitation>
;
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; and references cited therein). The geographic range described by
<bibRefCitation id="50EDAC7A3BE6928A2A1A5D841FC0C443" author="Granjon, L. &amp; J. - M. Duplantier &amp; J. Catalan &amp; J. Britton-Davidian" refId="ref127028" refString="Granjon, L., J. - M. Duplantier, J. Catalan, and J. Britton-Davidian. 1997 b. Systematics of the genus Mastomys (Thomas, 1915) (Rodentia: Muridae). A review. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 127 (suppl. 1): 7 - 18." year="1997">
Granjon et al. (1997
<emphasis id="1C216AEC3E5C6D7BC22E05C90D6BE626" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">b</emphasis>
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is primarily derived from the distribution of samples with 2n = 38 (see references to chromosomal reports cited by
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Granjon et al., 1997
<emphasis id="FEDAC9122CDA8225F28EFC9A2AB1CB06" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">b</emphasis>
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).
<bibRefCitation id="26B4968684DC5B76A104F38A69F3E4D6" author="Codjia, J. T. C. &amp; M. V. Civitelli &amp; D. Bizzoco &amp; E. Capanna" refId="ref63593" refString="Codjia, J. T. C., M. V. Civitelli, D. Bizzoco, and E. Capanna. 1996. Les chromosomes de Mastomys natalensis et Mastomys erythroleucus (Rongeurs, Murides) du sud Benin (Afrique de l'Ouest): Nouvelles precisions sur la variabilite chromosomique. Mammalia, 60 (2): 299 - 303." year="1996">Codjia et al. (1996)</bibRefCitation>
documented chromosomal distinctions between
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<emphasis id="DCD71F9D95D5B27FF4ECF3E06623E3E3" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. erythroleucus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="4BFFC7A217A48160D9ECE962ACDBE180" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. natalensis</emphasis>
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from S
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.
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<emphasis id="96CB02FBC0590033A2F5BA36AAEA76BC" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">Mastomys erythroleucus</emphasis>
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is sympatric with
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and
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<emphasis id="7ADB9AA5ED30400D85510369D1E39244" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. natalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<collectingCountry id="9650F14C2A72A77E261C7F4AA43D3DE9" name="Senegal">Senegal</collectingCountry>
(
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Duplantier et al., 1990
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<emphasis id="2BBD02FB9629B607EC699D74442AE17C" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">a</emphasis>
, 1996
</bibRefCitation>
</bibRefCitation>
). Reproductive distinctions among
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<emphasis id="3CF9C55FF2BFA51AE41D9C5CCD09E024" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. erythroleucus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D94D6D1B2D19C2CFF726CFD1C0D1FA1B" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="natalensis">
<emphasis id="D08B7E9F67C90935A28F331CC0A8E835" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. natalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="875B62CFF978AEBD9B79851200D28757" baseAuthorityName="Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="huberti">
<emphasis id="9F042AAAB6FC4562EC5905DCECC97F83" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. huberti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<collectingCountry id="2856714E99C9357A08BB3591ADC5A32A" name="Senegal">Senegal</collectingCountry>
documented by
<bibRefCitation id="6CD0001B53036A8DD8C190AF2E6F3428" author="Duplantier, J. - M. &amp; L. Granjon &amp; H. Bouganaly" refId="ref90511" refString="Duplantier, J. - M., L. Granjon, and H. Bouganaly. 1996. Reproductive characteristics of three sympatric species of Mastomys in Senegal, as observed in the field and in captivity. Mammalia, 60 (4): 629 - 638." year="1996">Duplantier et al. (1996)</bibRefCitation>
. In
<collectingCountry id="9E1AAA53B5757816AC5DBD113F514637" name="Senegal">Senegal</collectingCountry>
,
<taxonomicName id="183FC89C7649E707542F3262D2AE8DE4" baseAuthorityName="Temminck" baseAuthorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythroleucus">
<emphasis id="8C91FF0324405F16064B22DA17C0569D" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. erythroleucus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a generalist and inhabits a variety of habitats, but
<taxonomicName id="8CA85A908CE4ADC7DADCEBD675DC652B" baseAuthorityName="Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="huberti">
<emphasis id="A2E6FA4BDAC806515D3CE1674FB6B4C6" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. huberti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is restricted to humid natural or cultivated areas, and
<taxonomicName id="008EB90B0A830D20B0789D3D1F5DDDC0" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="natalensis">
<emphasis id="63616EBC92903B7C7A41219132FDF7A9" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. natalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is found only in villages (
<bibRefCitation id="9E5FAAE036DFCA76A204D6CEF8419426" author="Duplantier, J. - M. &amp; L. Granjon &amp; H. Bouganaly" refId="ref90511" refString="Duplantier, J. - M., L. Granjon, and H. Bouganaly. 1996. Reproductive characteristics of three sympatric species of Mastomys in Senegal, as observed in the field and in captivity. Mammalia, 60 (4): 629 - 638." year="1996">Duplantier et al., 1996</bibRefCitation>
). Ethiopian populations of
<taxonomicName id="788FEF073ED2C43E08A2C38E2DD59701" baseAuthorityName="A.Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="natalaensis">
<emphasis id="BCF0E0CA2923C94676146E32F06846A3" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. natalaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="1192CE4D9ABF960002973281DCFDFAB6" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. erythroleucus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
exhibited similar ecological ranges (
<bibRefCitation id="A21AA5B9523F5E580F6BB7ADFF7ECDA8" author="Bulatova, N. &amp; L. Lavrenchenko &amp; V. Orlov &amp; A. Milishnikov" refId="ref46359" refString="Bulatova, N., L. Lavrenchenko, V. Orlov, and A. Milishnikov. 2002. Notes on chromosomal identification of rodent species in western Ethiopia. Mammalia, 66 (1): 128 - 132." year="2002">Bulatova et al., 2002</bibRefCitation>
). Phylogenetic analysis of chromosomal data indicates that
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<emphasis id="9F8455E38B5105244D9C8B5E22788588" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. erythroleucus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, although still a member of
<taxonomicName id="B46BFACDA280C8A5142BF0F7353DC11E" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5267417158CC3F0A74743BF3385DD2FF" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">Mastomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and not
<taxonomicName id="322EF6DDED15D1F3A8089FBBE14267D6" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="78FBA9EC82DC3A07FBE3F4628FA93A58" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">Myomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or
<taxonomicName id="DC54446E639E9012F07179B8D7A688AD" baseAuthorityName="Watts and Baverstock" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1C3645D90E01CD66C482689F175314DB" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">Praomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, is set apart from
<taxonomicName id="A4048948487FF79527561A7CD85E597F" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="natalensis">
<emphasis id="BCD177296A7BEC023FADACAA062EF974" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. natalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="CA14C778E3A45766A12AD9119517B1C5" baseAuthorityName="Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="huberti">
<emphasis id="0C99586051AE61703D78EAC6A4E46DDC" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. huberti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="171A23F0C88E54A4539D0178F5860BD8" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coucha">
<emphasis id="D1175C24FED911F68861CF69A9139723" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. coucha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the other species analyzed (
<bibRefCitation id="07089FD4F3AFEFC59EB58A8751A44BF3" author="Britton-Davidian, J. &amp; J. Catalan &amp; L. Granjon &amp; J. - M. Duplantier" refId="ref42477" refString="Britton-Davidian, J., J. Catalan, L. Granjon, and J. - M. Duplantier. 1995. Chromosomal phylogeny and evolution in the genus Mastomys (Mammalia, Rodentia). Journal of Mammalogy, 76 (1): 248 - 262." year="1995">Britton-Davidian et al., 1995</bibRefCitation>
). Mitochondrial DNA cytochrome
<emphasis id="7D618DB52245CAD3A7A5F5FB10C614B8" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">b</emphasis>
sequences identifies
<taxonomicName id="91CB6775CA07DE19640807650ECC4B08" baseAuthorityName="Temminck" baseAuthorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythroleucus">
<emphasis id="392623E3F04B257B8D7638A153D4BA47" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. erythroleucus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as sister group to
<taxonomicName id="8DC423EADA0E127CC5546925E3BDE54D" authority="(Lecompte et al., 2002 b)" baseAuthorityName="Lecompte" baseAuthorityYear="2002" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="natalensis">
<emphasis id="FB4AE373B7DCDDE0AA7D04A82EE14E0C" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. natalensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="C1B3E44F6B8F67CDDF7EC614CF0AD4F1" author="Lecompte, E. &amp; L. Granjon &amp; J. Kerbis Peterhans &amp; C. Denys" refId="ref208592" refString="Lecompte, E., L. Granjon, J. Kerbis Peterhans, and C. Denys. 2002 b. Cytochrome b-based phylogeny of the Praomys group (Rodentia, Murinae): A new African radiation? Comptes Rendus Biologies, 325: 827 - 840." year="2002">
Lecompte et al., 2002
<emphasis id="169AC1247E5E40E0DC5FBC594209CA69" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="D0B83CBCCEA9F989049E386D31A76A20" author="Granjon, L. &amp; J. - M. Duplantier &amp; J. Catalan &amp; J. Britton-Davidian" refId="ref127028" refString="Granjon, L., J. - M. Duplantier, J. Catalan, and J. Britton-Davidian. 1997 b. Systematics of the genus Mastomys (Thomas, 1915) (Rodentia: Muridae). A review. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 127 (suppl. 1): 7 - 18." year="1997">
Granjon et al. (1997
<emphasis id="17784EB139110572F130BE3B3B71E2EE" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">b</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
provided an excellent review of
<taxonomicName id="7E69E58F503D4D01B60D45534CCD755B" baseAuthorityName="Temminck" baseAuthorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythroleucus">
<emphasis id="198AC1855E50F8380609E10F4C44B615" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. erythroleucus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and noted that while no single body or cranial measurement will unambiguously discriminate among
<taxonomicName id="6A422E3CE033A652A6459E2B0F83AADD" baseAuthorityName="Temminck" baseAuthorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythroleucus">
<emphasis id="CCB6CD06B3555E6EDB3E131634D8A65A" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. erythroleucus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="BBB3E56797DE5D9B75D6CA7C4950529C" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="natalensis">
<emphasis id="39101DA16D69DA8554CF525C4B0B4E8E" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. natalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="B5094D7C6130EA8520745D25B67539EB" baseAuthorityName="Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="huberti">
<emphasis id="F176FD01F796E9CDC21963287C05666B" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. huberti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<collectingCountry id="9C189BD967C91C519D80B01BB589D71B" name="Senegal">Senegal</collectingCountry>
, discriminant function analyses of cranial, mandibular, and dental measurements do separate the three species.
<bibRefCitation id="32B0D4A9BA88B3A825A9FE227CD752FF" author="Lavrenchenko, L. A. &amp; M. I. Baskevich" refId="ref206002" refString="Lavrenchenko, L. A., and M. I. Baskevich. 1996. Variation of generative system structure in some species of the genus Mastomys Thomas, 1915 (Rodentia, Muridae). Mammalia, 60 (2): 277 - 288." year="1996">Lavrenchenko and Baskevich (1996)</bibRefCitation>
documented differences in spermatozoal morphology distinguishing Ethiopian
<taxonomicName id="4AEA22152C015F7902A37D5D02B149B9" baseAuthorityName="Temminck" baseAuthorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythroleucus">
<emphasis id="CD048B21F040C7F233F780C470F835D9" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. erythroleucus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="13B37B94B159DF995678434A223F65E1" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="natalensis">
<emphasis id="6F9903133C53A2471CBAC43BAC89E66E" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. natalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<bibRefCitation id="760E30569380905230360344AA0F61D3" author="Bulatova, N. &amp; L. Lavrenchenko &amp; V. Orlov &amp; A. Milishnikov" refId="ref46359" refString="Bulatova, N., L. Lavrenchenko, V. Orlov, and A. Milishnikov. 2002. Notes on chromosomal identification of rodent species in western Ethiopia. Mammalia, 66 (1): 128 - 132." year="2002">Bulatova et al. (2002)</bibRefCitation>
recorded chromosomal contrasts; the two species are sympatric in the Gambela region. Reviews covering taxonomy, distribution, ecology, and other subjects are available for
<collectingCountry id="0B955294FC6F7FDAB7B96F8AD8D5E978" name="Morocco">Morocco</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EBB8A3F60E8707C10CF7A86E24D104E5" author="Aulagnier, S." refId="ref15564" refString="Aulagnier, S. 1991. Zoogeographie des rongeurs du Maroc: I. Gerbillidae et Muridae. Pp. 309 - 321, in Le rongeur et l'espace, Actes du Colloque International, Lyon, 1989 (M. Le Berre and L. Le Guelte, eds.). Raymond Chabaud, Paris, 362 pp." year="1991">Aulagnier, 1991</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="0D7A3C343B3C7F5548B29D1FEE521F93" author="Aulagnier, S. &amp; M. Thevenot" refId="ref15625" refString="Aulagnier, S., and M. Thevenot. 1986. Catalogue des mammiferes sauvages du Maroc. Travaux de l'Institut Scientifique, Serie Zoologie, 41: 1 - 164." year="1986">Aulagnier and Thevenot, 1986</bibRefCitation>
);
<collectingCountry id="D6B32CD2159689CDE1BC077C05417679" name="Gambia">Gambia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="B1E8F8726BAAB0D8FCFC9D38579F5C19" name="Ghana">Ghana</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="C25577A92E6DB905FF915C3802C58DA3" name="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="F994B3E0ACC6AC20A5B41FDE0FA6F7BF" author="Grubb, P. &amp; T. S. Jones &amp; A. G. Davies &amp; E. Edberg &amp; E. D. Starin &amp; J. E. Hill" refId="ref134571" refString="Grubb, P., T. S. Jones, A. G. Davies, E. Edberg, E. D. Starin, and J. E. Hill. 1998. Mammals of Ghana, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. The Trendrine Press, Cornwall, 265 pp." year="1998">Grubb et al., 1998</bibRefCitation>
); S
<collectingCountry id="90DA94DF18A2008E935807418E4C8A7C" name="Ghana">Ghana</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="FD0EE5E8D266251E564C9C0D5763BD91" author="Ryan, J. M. &amp; D. Attuquayefio" refId="ref313080" refString="Ryan, J. M., and D. Attuquayefio. 2000. Mammal fauna of the Muni-Pomadze Ramsar site, Ghana. Biodiversity and Conservation, 9: 541 - 560." year="2000">Ryan and Attuquayefio, 2000</bibRefCitation>
) and Accra Plains of S
<collectingCountry id="21ED7177898FE892418329DCE6387992" name="Ghana">Ghana</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="068226130ADEEE9545590C523E075484" author="Decher, J. &amp; L. K. Bahian" refId="ref77153" refString="Decher, J., and L. K. Bahian. 1999. Diversity and structure of terrestrial small mammal communities in different vegetation types on the Accra Plains of Ghana. Journal of Zoology, London, 247: 395 - 408." year="1999">Decher and Bahian, 1999</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E20FB5C05FD58A1AB1B723C6ACFC9C10" pageNumber="1363">
More than one species is likely represented in what is now called
<taxonomicName id="C61618BF062B9572A3CB903E22DA7337" baseAuthorityName="Temminck" baseAuthorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythroleucus">
<emphasis id="3AF9BFEDA60E82830A50BCFDDD4DBEC5" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. erythroleucus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In an analysis of R- and C-bands of samples with 2n = 38,
<bibRefCitation id="83930E228018BD5BBE12A00432A30E3C" author="Volobouev, V. T. &amp; A. Hoffmann &amp; B. Sicard &amp; L. Granjon" refId="ref376116" refString="Volobouev, V. T., A. Hoffmann, B. Sicard, and L. Granjon. 2001. Polymorphism and polytypy for pericentric inversions in 38 - chromosome Mastomys (Rodentia, Murinae) and possible taxonomic implications. Cytogenetic and Cell Genetics, 92: 237 - 242." year="2001">Volobouev et al. (2001)</bibRefCitation>
reported that the FN varied from 40 to 60, a result of pericentric inversion polymorphism involving 3-12 chromosome pairs. Presuming that introgressive hybridization is interrupted among populations differing from one another by 3-5 to 11-12 pericentric inversions, Volobouev et al. hypothesized the presence of three &quot;cryptic&quot; species. One (designated MER-1 with FN = 50-56) occurs throughout Subsaharan Africa and includes karyotyped samples from
<collectingCountry id="3A998647421F038C260365C3D155F90F" name="Senegal">Senegal</collectingCountry>
, Côte dIvoire,
<collectingCountry id="D3274000B56138D662817F019A4F4B2C" name="Serbia">Mali</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="7845DCEE36A3F9AD0CDE98D475BF0A2D" name="Benin">Benin</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E3C5D4ACB176F96521638C9475B5F6FB" name="Cameroon">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
, Dem. Rep.
<collectingCountry id="663EBDC9024897E31519633CA97BC6D8" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="D32678777878527400F8C1425E9A0E29" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
, and most likely
<collectingCountry id="813560BE84FA1C9702E083E356618746" name="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
and the isolated Moroccan population; this is
<taxonomicName id="7274C7729050C0B6369C446613D4042A" baseAuthorityName="Temminck" baseAuthorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythroleucus">
<emphasis id="E0ED0448059F5B71C4BA931765CB4918" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. erythroleucus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The second species (MER-2 with FN = 40-41) is represented by samples from
<collectingCountry id="99206DCD1AFA77675D91E61F2965FDDA" name="Chad">Chad</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="5D056F63D2197B9D150A42EE00D41841" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
(see account of
<taxonomicName id="C2DCE0E5AAE53E6E928262ECC27E8D0E" authorityName="Petter" authorityYear="1957" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kollmannspergeri">
<emphasis id="3FB99D57172AC8EA0CE009B6BAEC3FA2" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. kollmannspergeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and the third &quot;tentative species&quot; (MER-3 with FN = 59-60) consists of samples from E Dem. Rep.
<collectingCountry id="4B160D676C27CF6F4114F182438111DA" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
, W
<collectingCountry id="FE4FC92FFA7DAEBB13CFC795D3053A5D" name="Uganda">Uganda</collectingCountry>
, and possibly
<collectingCountry id="7857030D815BC13B9E928513FB5EB792" name="Serbia">Mali</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="0FD2F21AA1E377C3B37ACBAB45E297FF" name="Chad">Chad</collectingCountry>
. Volobouev and his colleagues are currently testing this hypothesis by analyses of molecular traits, and have also identified a new 2n = 38 chromosomal species from
<collectingCountry id="96BB8F5985A00EBADE5F4C0DF684BE66" name="Niger">Niger</collectingCountry>
(MER-4, FN = 52).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E208CE7CE7754AB83E272C181F62AF9F" pageNumber="1363">
The taxa
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<emphasis id="C1577674E8210602FCF33FB12CAFB393" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">calopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="5D428CFDC3E652F2EE49A1BD8F46DAE4" baseAuthorityName="De Winton" baseAuthorityYear="1898" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="peregrinus">
<emphasis id="464328FCC45DA78491313877DBBD0675" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">peregrinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are based upon Moroccan specimens and
<bibRefCitation id="9B47983862A20DF2F87BE1077F85F8A1" author="Aulagnier, S. &amp; M. Thevenot" refId="ref15625" refString="Aulagnier, S., and M. Thevenot. 1986. Catalogue des mammiferes sauvages du Maroc. Travaux de l'Institut Scientifique, Serie Zoologie, 41: 1 - 164." year="1986">Aulagnier and Thevenot (1986)</bibRefCitation>
allocated them to the synonymy of
<taxonomicName id="75AA31240979245706780CE1AE624A74" baseAuthorityName="Temminck" baseAuthorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythroleucus">
<emphasis id="E3806081692EC2657F46646575359EE1" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. erythroleucus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the only species of
<taxonomicName id="2793BC8B165BDD7953FAB053BCE22E6A" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6E19AC16233EE4E0D9270B0E47A6A537" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">Mastomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
recorded from that country.
<bibRefCitation id="EFE1D2C9AEEDF0BF8C39FEF86CF33A2C" author="Wroughton, R. C." refId="ref395439" refString="Wroughton, R. C. 1908 b. Three new African species of Mus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 1: 255 - 257." year="1908">
Wroughton (1908
<emphasis id="55B058FF4E47C945857CCD3EFFB0D8C7" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">b</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
claimed
<taxonomicName id="329F766059B4279AE1E566BF74BFDF5E" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gambianus">
<emphasis id="A7F7DA95B47A9EFBC70B47F004B3214E" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">gambianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="03F732119CC3C6582D2316B95C1E7C43" baseAuthorityName="Temminck" baseAuthorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythroleucus">
<emphasis id="5A8B1E5B6692648CA2D7DD304AD79B7B" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">erythroleucus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<bibRefCitation id="130F1562406799CF8FBEF3A8461DB875" author="Grubb, P. &amp; T. S. Jones &amp; A. G. Davies &amp; E. Edberg &amp; E. D. Starin &amp; J. E. Hill" refId="ref134571" refString="Grubb, P., T. S. Jones, A. G. Davies, E. Edberg, E. D. Starin, and J. E. Hill. 1998. Mammals of Ghana, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. The Trendrine Press, Cornwall, 265 pp." year="1998">Grubb et al. (1998)</bibRefCitation>
treated it as such. At the present time we cannot allocate the following names identifying
<typeStatus id="91EC9C2092DFDC597F20EEC7A34E7A48">holotypes</typeStatus>
collected from within what is now accepted as the range of
<taxonomicName id="F7292CA9B3A7A572F8593A6DC70F351D" baseAuthorityName="Temminck" baseAuthorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythroleucus">
<emphasis id="AEDE0D7A8766B0EF5FAA8CAAA15AE83F" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. erythroleucus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="76C60A3D44F87AF83BD3C1223B7E786D" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="natalensis">
<emphasis id="A401B804402817893DF374ECA271E80A" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. natalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="524609AFD4A9879EB33BEDB9103A5455" bold="true" pageNumber="1363">
<collectingCountry id="6C96B0B400B42148542B81DC189E8F3C" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
:
<emphasis id="BD3772F3994CA535E8882AD49886DB08" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">agurensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="9F7A610498DC57EB35F1EC2B6AEFEE64" author="Setzer, H. W." refId="ref324018" refString="Setzer, H. W. 1956. Mammals of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 106 (3377): 447 - 587." year="1956">Setzer, 1956</bibRefCitation>
;
<emphasis id="2047A4AB5E831E9BF780FE37AF77789B" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">azrek</emphasis>
(Wroughton, 1911);
<emphasis id="FB3157B0BFFF6F0B66269F9D6F38CF14" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">blainei</emphasis>
(Wroughton, 1907);
<emphasis id="2B051D0EA7EF542EAD6B56B9314A212A" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">kulmei</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="7B0981F66CB093E810D1C119A75C6895" author="Setzer, H. W." refId="ref324018" refString="Setzer, H. W. 1956. Mammals of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 106 (3377): 447 - 587." year="1956">Setzer, 1956</bibRefCitation>
;
<emphasis id="2D3D5EC240F679722B0784A9E4386A37" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">limbatus</emphasis>
(Wagner, 1845);
<emphasis id="42630C2C83B2816BBB4AD05EF6A3C4CC" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">macrolepis</emphasis>
(Sundevall, 1843);
<emphasis id="8629E89786FDA2BF5BD329130EECF307" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">marrensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1D6E9C36B6F0DE7CBBBE4FAF9F48D7DD" author="Setzer, H. W." refId="ref324018" refString="Setzer, H. W. 1956. Mammals of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 106 (3377): 447 - 587." year="1956">Setzer, 1956</bibRefCitation>
.
<typeStatus id="83D480C129A0C8DB2054B119624A8FBF">Holotypes</typeStatus>
of
<emphasis id="3AF5158FBC478358A46FE917AD0564F4" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">azrek</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="773A3DDF4BB0D9C99772A26F42288AB0" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">blainei</emphasis>
, and
<emphasis id="1B38B96CD5B5A23147680624406F9908" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">macrolepis</emphasis>
from S
<collectingCountry id="188DF362A20AEDFDE3B2AEB2A6DB9256" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
may be examples of
<taxonomicName id="149B3290F7367A2FCCBF8560E151E170" baseAuthorityName="F.Petter" baseAuthorityYear="1957" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kollmanspergeri">
<emphasis id="75E41D59FAA9610D13E0E63F229A28C7" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">M. kollmanspergeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D6C906FDD236E00A946134F43C330AEA" author="Denys, C. &amp; G. Dobigny &amp; L. Granjon &amp; E. Lecompte" refId="ref82466" refString="Denys, C., G. Dobigny, L. Granjon, and E. Lecompte. 2002. Morphometric, cytogenetic, and molecular data on Mastomys from Chad. Rodens &amp; Spatium, 8 th International Conference, Biodiversity Research Centre and Environmetry and Geomatics Unit, Universite Catholique de Louvain: Abstract 22." year="2002">Denys et al., 2002</bibRefCitation>
; see that account).
<emphasis id="4814EF0D2A4403B3CBB189BF727C41FF" bold="true" pageNumber="1363">
<collectingCountry id="B7CCA0B5333B0ADD6792C39B87E86C89" name="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
:
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="E5DF8FF44A49BA81CE750E15FDDC1C6C" baseAuthorityName="Frick" baseAuthorityYear="1914" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gardulensis">
<emphasis id="E5499C1D68026B70D703691962D575EE" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">gardulensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="FA7CBEEFD5E9331F5557C31CB0456977" author="Frick, C." refId="ref109643" refString="Frick, C. 1914. A new genus and some new species and subspecies of Abyssinian rodents. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 9: 7 - 28." year="1914">Frick, 1914</bibRefCitation>
; a species of
<taxonomicName id="8702D99C5C2FAF68443310351BBAAF4E" baseAuthorityName="Watts and Baverstock" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="09956C2EE3199587A7EFF0FFA79CA354" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">Praomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
according to
<bibRefCitation id="827141F3415BCF9BDA2208B7D064BCA0" author="Yalden, D. W." refId="ref397034" refString="Yalden, D. W. 1975. Some observations on the giant mole-rat Tachyoryctes macrocephalus (Ruppell, 1842) (Mammalia, Rhizomyidae) of Ethiopia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, n. s., Supplemento VI, 15: 275 - 303." year="1975">Yalden et al., 1975</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="377D5AD1D0BEB1C21007687A3D66292B" author="Yalden, D. W. &amp; M. J. Largen &amp; D. Kock &amp; 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>
, but
<typeStatus id="FBAD524156DEC2990C0AA01C67188192">holotype</typeStatus>
clusters with those of other
<taxonomicName id="C70E2A8652B1801BC30FC72B18438EE0" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="9C7EDD4C7B449F8814891887D5F9E257" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">Mastomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the morphometric analysis of
<bibRefCitation id="AB983E053201D5AE1BCD8FA7129B41EF" author="Van der Straeten, E. &amp; C. B. Robbins" refId="ref364786" refString="Van der Straeten, E., and C. B. Robbins. 1997. Further studies on Mastomys (Rodentia: Muridae) types and generic distinctions among African Muridae. Mittheilungen Aus Dem Zoologischen Museum zu Berlin, 73 (1): 153 - 163." year="1997">Van der Straeten and Robbins, 1997</bibRefCitation>
);
<emphasis id="00F3BE4E8DB39CB8E9AB6EEFBB71DE4F" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">lateralis</emphasis>
(Heuglin, 1877);
<emphasis id="C2906640AFBD4E86F9C6C494CA099512" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">tacaziena</emphasis>
(Heuglin, 1877). The taxon
<emphasis id="68DD9AF44F5257442798B9D8ED5A0C9D" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">fuscirostris</emphasis>
Wagner, 1845 (type locality, Sennaar,
<collectingCountry id="04AB6B6AFBFB4C1CF4C28FFAD00AADF8" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
) was associated with
<taxonomicName id="370BA93B5A37914A68F253DEF38DA88B" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albipes">
<emphasis id="F94C14288B2B6BA970964E12DAE41132" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">Myomys albipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by G. M.
<bibRefCitation id="8B89F80E3D3A7AA229A06447F30B550A" 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>
and recognized as
<taxonomicName id="944F8C5CBE6EC234EAEE1E0BBE993535" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="albipes" subSpecies="fuscirostris">
<emphasis id="39020BEAF73A5CBDC754FFBF36167741" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">Praomys albipes fuscirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="C0F18C52848396AD0F12AD61B759DACD" author="Setzer, H. W." refId="ref324018" refString="Setzer, H. W. 1956. Mammals of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 106 (3377): 447 - 587." year="1956">Setzer (1956)</bibRefCitation>
. The
<typeStatus id="DD0826294727CF86519A62646979AF59">holotype</typeStatus>
has never been examined or identified. It cannot be an example of
<taxonomicName id="3705B2ADDD8020F4AC5EA11C4B98DBE0" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albipes">
<emphasis id="0FD2F81F6BE0914DA2492E92AED8ADC5" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">albipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which is an Ethiopian endemic that has never been collected outside of that country, and we suspect the name should be associated as a species or synonym with
<taxonomicName id="56B50BD35E6E743F45AC8F7C8B129456" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="85E35C6870E3AAFC7FB437199790A6D5" italics="true" pageNumber="1363">Mastomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and provisionally list it here until the
<typeStatus id="55567E8F37B9A73E2E0F55B4225EC74F">holotype</typeStatus>
can be located and identified
</paragraph>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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