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<emphasis id="16B72B72E624CEA09DCD5E0ED9B5D92B" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">[Mastomys] huberti</emphasis>
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="66D29AFBB0F26474FA4ADD4DAF80E307" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1364">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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N
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, Zungeru.
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<emphasis id="65C91941CD26F7166B45065B1C2B666C" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1364">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="6F11B30552D95B8C250493C1ED7E605B" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1364">Distribution:</emphasis>
Recorded from S coastal
<collectingCountry id="29FD5D6D0A4BE73F2E710A6E6E03C0C9" name="Mauritania">Mauritania</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4628A47620F70BB097A90A0F016DCE62" author="Granjon, L. &amp; J. F. Cosson &amp; J. Cuisin &amp; M. Tranier &amp; F. Colas" refId="ref126942" refString="Granjon, L., J. F. Cosson, J. Cuisin, M. Tranier, and F. Colas. 1997 a. Les mammifes du littoral Mauritanien: 2. Biogeographie et ecologie. Pp. 77 - 89, in Environnement et littoral Mauritanien, Actes du Colloque, 12 - 13 juin 1995, Nouakchott, Mauritanie (F. Colas, ed.). CIRAD (Collection Colloques), Montpellier, France, 193 pp." year="1997">
Granjon et al., 1997
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<emphasis id="CBC95172811582958AD1267C2435CD31" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">a</emphasis>
, 2002
<emphasis id="91AB1111AED62E708A2FE7167384AB8A" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">b</emphasis>
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),
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,
<collectingCountry id="471DA0B8C2522CAF6C72613C8DA946D1" name="Serbia">Mali</collectingCountry>
, Burkina-Faso, and N
<collectingCountry id="85ECE183101A1896CFAAE2BFDB1FD8AA" name="Nigeria">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="8C91889A52FECF483367F5B9D3F22DF2" 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="F219F696B60BC1455641EC5D3434C3EF" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">b</emphasis>
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); limits unresolved.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="7F1CEC3C92281713BE713EEE9CCABEFA" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1364">Discussion:</emphasis>
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Characterized by 2n = 32, FNa = 44-46 (
<bibRefCitation id="4DECD016DEDF753B78F4904085A9FA60" author="Hubert, B. &amp; A. Meylan &amp; F. Petter &amp; A. Poulet &amp; M. Tranier" refId="ref160534" refString="Hubert, B., A. Meylan, F. Petter, A. Poulet, and M. Tranier. 1983. Different species in genus Mastomys from Western, Central and Southern Africa (Rodentia, Muridae). Annales Musee Royal De L'Afrique Centrale, Sciences Zoologiques, 237: 143 - 148." year="1983">Hubert et al., 1983</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="A188014957353B03DBCC5E5887C58E31" author="Duplantier, J. - M. &amp; J. Britton-Davidian &amp; L. Granjon" refId="ref90284" refString="Duplantier, J. - M., J. Britton-Davidian, and L. Granjon. 1990 a. Chromosomal characterization of three species of the genus Mastomys in Senegal. Zeitschrift fur Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung, 28: 289 - 298." year="1990">
Duplantier et al., 1990
<emphasis id="1667BC17322CAB7F1068AD7B4EBC063C" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="405520FE0AF6A6364FCBF9C398B5A760" 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>
) or 2n = 32, FNa = 42 (
<bibRefCitation id="ADEE23C8727D4A73587B0B2D3015DDFA" author="Volobouev, V. T. &amp; V. M. Aniskin &amp; E. Lecompte &amp; J. F. Ducroz" refId="ref376257" refString="Volobouev, V. T., V. M. Aniskin, E. Lecompte, and J. F. Ducroz. 2002 b. Patterns of karyotype evolution in complexes of sibling species within three genera of African murid rodents inferred from the comparison of cytogenetic and molecular data. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 96: 261 - 275." year="2002">
Volobouev et al., 2002
<emphasis id="CB7E13A048F044AEA75AFA56483F7B60" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">b</emphasis>
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). This is not the same species as
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<emphasis id="B04E20D1A69FEF95A663FB2B4BC1057F" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">M. natalensis</emphasis>
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, which is also characterized by 2n = 32, but a different FN (52-54;
<bibRefCitation id="34578E8CDD020D870822EE27A07BC272" 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>
), hemoglobin pattern (C. B. Robbins et al., 1983), and apparently serum proteins (
<bibRefCitation id="E70F62650A78ABDA15C7EE08D8B78D0E" author="Robbins, C. B. &amp; E. Van der Straeten" refId="ref305902" refString="Robbins, C. B., and E. Van der Straeten. 1989. Comments on the systematics of Mastomys Thomas 1915 with the description of a new West African species. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 69: 1 - 14." year="1989">Robbins and Van der Straeten, 1989</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="85C11AC39F793732D591273CAA437E27" author="Duplantier, J. - M. &amp; J. Britton-Davidian &amp; L. Granjon" refId="ref90284" refString="Duplantier, J. - M., J. Britton-Davidian, and L. Granjon. 1990 a. Chromosomal characterization of three species of the genus Mastomys in Senegal. Zeitschrift fur Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung, 28: 289 - 298." year="1990">
Duplantier et al. (1990
<emphasis id="77EF7D14430002E3A9557CEC08B51A6D" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">a</emphasis>
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,
<emphasis id="514C1AAF98F5456C7E71FA3331FF0E57" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">b</emphasis>
) contrasted results of protein electrophoresis and chromosomal traits derived from Senegalese samples of
<taxonomicName id="93AFC5B8B156BF375A8F42189D95B357" baseAuthorityName="Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="huberti">
<emphasis id="37A357B049E3B352C919873F17B9A68D" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">M. huberti</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="ACC17F8D9729EF855131CC784F32E5B9" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">M. natalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="E7B321784AE9DAB476945B6936998253" baseAuthorityName="Temminck" baseAuthorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythroleucus">
<emphasis id="0FD30AEABDA618134D00AB7FD5817594" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">M. erythroleucus</emphasis>
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. Reproductive distinctions among
<taxonomicName id="8A936779F45F2E4D7E399E2F70A690AD" baseAuthorityName="Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="huberti">
<emphasis id="8BD4B02EE1D04902FFE6E2239F1EBB84" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">M. huberti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D4812D86A37196C2B01C11261C07BBD7" baseAuthorityName="Temminck" baseAuthorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythroleucus">
<emphasis id="28F642CDE4E116B05C385DAC954436AA" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">M. erythroleucus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="E49072762E16ADECF312F863982D3F4C" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">M. natalensis</emphasis>
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in
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are documented by
<bibRefCitation id="0F1FB7FAB324CEF71B333FC7B0EDA7F3" 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>
. Phylogenetic analysis of chromosomal data by
<bibRefCitation id="94C02B9F1103BE779262F90CB5FC5C12" 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>
indicated that
<taxonomicName id="DEF23F7DFCF61E55048DC1565D9DF4DC" baseAuthorityName="Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="huberti">
<emphasis id="D363B68E2D07155160F90A4B3B4DA0A7" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">M. huberti</emphasis>
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is more closely related to
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<emphasis id="3A4B159B1C9A408892918D609732CF87" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">M. natalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
than to
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<emphasis id="39B2039858134382B0C894DFBAAAB145" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">M. coucha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="C54173F3426B154AC9850886999EEC7F" baseAuthorityName="Temminck" baseAuthorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythroleucus">
<emphasis id="204B454B6636F8CC403C7E6AFB490000" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">M. erythroleucus</emphasis>
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, the other two species analyzed.
</paragraph>
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<bibRefCitation id="6911FF692B6882EBE577141BAF48E020" author="Qumsiyeh, M. B. &amp; S. W. King &amp; J. Arroyo-Cabrales &amp; I. R. Aggundey &amp; D. A. Schlitter &amp; R. J. Baker &amp; K. J. Morrow, Jr." refId="ref295324" refString="Qumsiyeh, M. B., S. W. King, J. Arroyo-Cabrales, I. R. Aggundey, D. A. Schlitter, R. J. Baker, and K. J. Morrow, Jr. 1990. Chromosomal and protein evolution in morphologically similar species of Praomys sensu lato (Rodentia, Muridae). Journal of Heredity, 81: 58 - 65." year="1990">Qumsiyeh et al. (1990)</bibRefCitation>
reported a 2n = 32, FNa = 50-54 from Kenyan samples they considered to be different from that of
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<emphasis id="F7B630C6FFA3AADB7E0FC55242E2F4B0" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">M. natalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and regarded them as the same species having a similar karyotype from
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reported by
<bibRefCitation id="10ABBA7024DAF8221EBB211749195DFB" author="Capanna, E. &amp; M. V. Civitell &amp; A. Ceraso" refId="ref50807" refString="Capanna, E., M. V. Civitell, and A. Ceraso. 1982. Karyotypes of Somalian rodent populations. 3. Mastomys huberti (Wroughton, 1908) (Mammalia Rodentia). Italian Journal of Zoology, 16: 141 - 152." year="1982">Capanna et al. (1982)</bibRefCitation>
, who identified their material as
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<emphasis id="1E8537C0DD63A96183B4D95A3317B8A9" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">M. huberti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Qumsiyeh et al. also claimed (without examining
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) that
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<emphasis id="41C2EAEAB502F19B28D28A02BAEB4DD7" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">hildebrandtii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Ndi,
<collectingRegion id="2777ECE1570B2F7FF10CA74FDFCD9F1F" country="Kenya" name="Taita/Taveta">Taita</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="B5BE72CEBAE8105A46E877A455606A6C" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
, is type locality) is an older name for
<taxonomicName id="00CD715996A2CA47613F5F165DE71EB1" baseAuthorityName="Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="huberti">
<emphasis id="2FECCE874D0464147CC82EEF9652359C" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">huberti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; their allocation was followed by
<bibRefCitation id="78A05C09C97C102D0D0B99793FB93D81" author="Musser, G. G. &amp; M. D. Carleton" refId="ref252333" refString="Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501 - 755, in: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., xviii + 1206 pp." year="1993">Musser and Carleton (1993)</bibRefCitation>
.
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Granjon et al. (1997
<emphasis id="1F282836FE502A65F046FD3E9120A279" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">b</emphasis>
)
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explained that the karyotype characteristic of
<taxonomicName id="9B5AEEF86A314788902B6AF339EC7807" baseAuthorityName="Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="huberti">
<emphasis id="5826B32C3364A6F7F7743CA3501B29B8" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">M. huberti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(2n = 32, FNa = 44-46) has not been found in samples from East Africa and is restricted to West Africa, and the samples reported by
<bibRefCitation id="27A6D804183AFB94E2357A40CCBF764E" author="Qumsiyeh, M. B. &amp; S. W. King &amp; J. Arroyo-Cabrales &amp; I. R. Aggundey &amp; D. A. Schlitter &amp; R. J. Baker &amp; K. J. Morrow, Jr." refId="ref295324" refString="Qumsiyeh, M. B., S. W. King, J. Arroyo-Cabrales, I. R. Aggundey, D. A. Schlitter, R. J. Baker, and K. J. Morrow, Jr. 1990. Chromosomal and protein evolution in morphologically similar species of Praomys sensu lato (Rodentia, Muridae). Journal of Heredity, 81: 58 - 65." year="1990">Qumsiyeh et al. (1990)</bibRefCitation>
do not represent
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<emphasis id="D5DCBFBE0DB5EEB975D9B1A35A81C627" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">M. huberti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Granjon et al. also noted (p. 8) &quot;The existence of an East African species distinct from
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<emphasis id="50F701B5213E9740C5FB0D09F42DE3F8" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">M. natalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and that may be
<taxonomicName id="2C6099B44143F39EE8229BF2C5F125FD" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1878" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hildebrandtii">
<emphasis id="760E941358BEB919BAD967D05EE9571E" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">M. hildebrandtii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is not sufficiently supported to date.&quot;
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considered the
<typeStatus id="5B804C54A55B949295592D2CC4E0A9ED">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="57C56A8846A5226C1A16D61F0E1A838B" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1878" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hildebrandtii">
<emphasis id="15E624253F318340CDC0B214A7AD2EC3" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">hildebrandtii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to be a
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<emphasis id="F766C9241D75A1EBC72C82CF3ACA51B7" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">Mastomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, not an example of
<taxonomicName id="5A7D732D48FD79924FF2DA7B3D33DFD4" baseAuthorityName="Watts and Baverstock" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="92FAC8B595300839959BE573184EB0E5" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">Praomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but did not allocate it to species. We place
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<emphasis id="67896C0CA4646170B19299A5A80EA634" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">hildebrandtii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="C9441480474E8BC0623FB8A2DB2CC766" italics="true" pageNumber="1364">M. natalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see also
<bibRefCitation id="B6FB70DD485207D354517A647C6A7DD8" author="Lecompte, E." refId="ref208395" refString="Lecompte, E. 2003. Systematique et evolution du groupe Praomys (Rodentia, Murinae). These Docteur du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 365 pp." year="2003">Lecompte, 2003</bibRefCitation>
)
</paragraph>
.
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