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<emphasis id="796729EDBBB7D186FE5EB790F8BE9483" italics="true" pageNumber="945">Steatomys pratensis</emphasis>
Peters 1846
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<emphasis id="5570864B1BCA6D5D9BDC47DE0036A5CC" italics="true" pageNumber="945">Steatomys pratensis</emphasis>
Peters 1846
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,
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</treatmentCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2D1582643CAA07E1DAE158500DCDB099" pageNumber="945">
<emphasis id="A00289805BD018D84D181D40AAC37C14" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="945">Type Locality:</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="8D40C21219AB89195E1DE928762128D8" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4867289334" country="Mozambique" pageNumber="945" stateProvince="Tete">
<collectingCountry id="1959172D1961F5F1197BF2677C12ADEA" name="Mozambique">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
, Zambezi River,
<collectingRegion id="21A25C5AEF68029A1F3C0A9494BDC05F" country="Mozambique" name="Tete">Tete</collectingRegion>
.
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9D56D1DE4C8375A4E6DE371FB36FD41C" pageNumber="945">
<emphasis id="2776DD2301C1F97EDE5418297401BA34" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="945">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="97A8635F5B395815683D392682FEAFB6" language="eng" pageNumber="945">Common African Fat Mouse</vernacularName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="42F37D569D5E67C2F7A145D85E1A2E8C" pageNumber="945">
<emphasis id="EC8336757A8AAC7FB8DF62394EBF5501" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="945">Synonyms:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="585F8ABC3A8DE9249D7F00A071882ED5" authority="Peters 1852" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1852" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Steatomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="945" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="edulis">
<emphasis id="1D58450C08748C5AFE506CD28BE47AA7" italics="true" pageNumber="945">Steatomys edulis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="D4DE8AE11929EF22BECF6DD50BF3E0F5" author="Peters, W. C. H." refId="ref282132" refString="Peters, W. C. H. 1852. Reise nach Mossambique. I. Saugethiere. Druck &amp; Verlag, Berlin, 202 pp." year="1852">Peters 1852</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="E00D54DADF0B2BDCE3D9795202682614" authority="Hill and Carter 1937" authorityName="Hill and Carter" authorityYear="1937" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Steatomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="945" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leucorhynchus">
<emphasis id="B1B5F0F0B4758EE88D73DCE5437573F7" italics="true" pageNumber="945">Steatomys leucorhynchus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="E36B9FEE887888552A2C4A6CE0F9FC73" author="Hill, J. E. &amp; T. D. Carter" refId="ref152532" refString="Hill, J. E., and T. D. Carter. 1937. Ten new rodents from Angola, Africa. American Museum Novitates, 913: 9 pp." year="1937">Hill and Carter 1937</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="3727755AA71BF1AE5EC54315026F5B60" authority="Roberts 1932" authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1932" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Steatomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="945" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maunensis">
<emphasis id="ABF0407F50F27A59595C516DFBF3E8A3" italics="true" pageNumber="945">Steatomys maunensis</emphasis>
Roberts 1932
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="39C03CE30E4BDCB99D00BCD133BBDF4E" authority="Roberts 1929" authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1929" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Steatomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="945" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="natalensis">
<emphasis id="1A8974E8918F7D57126C08C066CD329B" italics="true" pageNumber="945">Steatomys natalensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="B668E26FE56DE55D9273DB0A593F6988" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306478" refString="Roberts, A. 1929. New forms of African mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 13: 82 - 121." year="1929">Roberts 1929</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="5528942B2C14ECB3B63F72ADA659AED0" authority="Lawrence and Loveridge 1953" authorityName="Lawrence and Loveridge" authorityYear="1953" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Steatomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="945" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nyasae">
<emphasis id="7C5A13F2A0A2248DDC4DB9C101C955FB" italics="true" pageNumber="945">Steatomys nyasae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="75886F19EC767BBD81B60AF5ECD147B9" author="Lawrence, B. &amp; A. Loveridge" refId="ref207132" refString="Lawrence, B., and A. Loveridge. 1953. Zoological results of a fifth expedition to East Africa. I. Mammals from Nyasaland and Tete. With notes on the genus Otomys. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 110: 1 - 80." year="1953">Lawrence and Loveridge 1953</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BB773B3F3307F8BBC2F759C5392116D1" pageNumber="945">
<emphasis id="29A911C316CA56D1AB2A00084CF68F11" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="945">Distribution:</emphasis>
Southern and East Africa—S
<collectingCountry id="D2C96BCFA7A176000B69354BEDC14720" name="Angola">Angola</collectingCountry>
(Carter and
<bibRefCitation id="4A1AA8046A69309F3B453F3750D4F1D7" author="Hill, J. E. &amp; T. D. Carter" refId="ref152565" refString="Hill, J. E., and T. D. Carter. 1941. The mammals of Angola, Africa. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 78 (1): 1 - 211." year="1941">Hill, 1941</bibRefCitation>
) and N
<collectingCountry id="6F6429DC6E60EEDE2A030D0FC9DA6545" name="Namibia">Namibia</collectingCountry>
; eastward through N
<collectingCountry id="A38A683CC516BC3D5D4A6427E80E111F" name="Botswana">Botswana</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="C887F7B9FBDF6E31F4B97AC0FBE41B83" author="Smithers, R. H. N." refId="ref331875" refString="Smithers, R. H. N. 1971. The mammals of Botswana. Museum Memoir, National Museums of Rhodesia, Salisbury, 4: 1 - 340." year="1971">Smithers, 1971</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="068CC21B6A1076A7786F519EC42C8FA7" name="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="DCA8A8AE1BDF9F9C889A0D38B8E28FBC" author="Smithers, R. H. N. &amp; V. J. Wilson" refId="ref331985" refString="Smithers, R. H. N., and V. J. Wilson. 1979. Checklist and atlas of the mammals of Zimbabwe Rhodesia. Museum Memoir, National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, Salisbury, 9: 1 - 193." year="1979">Smithers and Wilson, 1979</bibRefCitation>
), N
<collectingCountry id="353CD285C42ABED97D6675E69F04AF61" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="F86080CA67395EDFA3A356CE3A2B9102" country="South Africa" name="Limpopo">Limpopo</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="C2A1C2689389D558A7224A87B888839D" country="South Africa" name="Mpumalanga">Mpumalanga</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="B04C09A26259C82C6889ED0AAF153530" country="South Africa" name="Gauteng">Gauteng</collectingRegion>
, and N
<collectingRegion id="04981DC3091E0CB826DF810C1A9A7528" country="South Africa" name="KwaZulu-Natal">KwaZulu-Natal</collectingRegion>
; de Graaff, 1997
<emphasis id="F7E481FA7B5A1263B7B9642A7B3949B5" italics="true" pageNumber="945">ff</emphasis>
; Taylor, 1998), and
<collectingCountry id="B9C4AE3113BE28D75382B70F5CC0D2DE" name="Mozambique">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="318AD37A29AD9AB9526087434C321140" author="Smithers, R. H. N. &amp; J. L. P. Lobao Tello" refId="ref331936" refString="Smithers, R. H. N., and J. L. P. Lobao Tello. 1976. Check list and atlas of the mammals of Mozambique. Museum Memoir, National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, Salisbury, 8: 1 - 184." year="1976">Smithers and Lobao Tello, 1976</bibRefCitation>
); north through
<collectingCountry id="8F58E3AE48B3C3F85EDCFD1912958F51" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="CD7CC11167F16C0767A67E4DEDBB5EE4" author="Ansell, W. F. H." refId="ref11178" refString="Ansell, W. F. H. 1978. The mammals of Zambia. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Chilanga, 126 pp." year="1978">Ansell, 1978</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="98A2A54A4DCE6A66AA5F1E81B426F745" name="Malawi">Malawi</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="2366A1C859884E9F2EDE2114A01FC743" author="Ansell, W. F. H. &amp; R. J. Dowsett" refId="ref11419" refString="Ansell, W. F. H., and R. J. Dowsett. 1988. Mammals of Malawi: An annotated check list and atlas. Trendrine Press, Zennor, St. Ives, United Kingdom, 170 pp." year="1988">Ansell and Dowsett, 1988</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="2ACB24F84AB1571A67E3BD953BEA0846" author="Chitaukali, W. N. &amp; H. Burda &amp; D. Kock" refId="ref61205" refString="Chitaukali, W. N., H. Burda, and D. Kock. 2001. On small mammals of the Nyika Plateau, Malawi. Pp. 415 - 426, in African small mammals- - Petits mammiferes africains (C. Denys, L. Granjon, and A. Poulet, eds.) .. Collection Colloques et Seminaires, IRD Editions, Paris, 570 pp." year="2001">Chitaukali et al., 2001</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="27FC507C476C7DA5172D20105BC67084" author="Lawrence, B. &amp; A. Loveridge" refId="ref207132" refString="Lawrence, B., and A. Loveridge. 1953. Zoological results of a fifth expedition to East Africa. I. Mammals from Nyasaland and Tete. With notes on the genus Otomys. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 110: 1 - 80." year="1953">Lawrence and Loveridge, 1953</bibRefCitation>
), and
<collectingCountry id="A7E9036BBBA317C4E2C66443570BD2D1" name="Tanzania">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
(
<collectionCode id="EDFE80EB77730E95E564CF1A12C19198" 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>
material) to EC
<collectingCountry id="C85689400FC603F834E2EBE0114B17ED" name="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
(Demeter, 1982).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9B05EE069D9330091F4478A3EF00BC36" pageNumber="945">
<emphasis id="E486929EADE4D9920F3F13DC629F2817" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="945">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="D6FE9EA9D4AD272A5BA9A19395B7D8CB">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="6CD5C19384071C0A39B7653BBDED521B" pageNumber="945" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="B53A2EEBE652DE27CA22A524A0B18E1E" pageNumber="945">
<emphasis id="A3DE262F36CE6EFBEDB9F10422AC347A" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="945">Discussion:</emphasis>
Formerly included
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<emphasis id="BC2ACFC1084E4AC60C08CC3035B43D4E" italics="true" pageNumber="945">bocagei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="64CBE122BAF9F7A83278D8B3E8739292" authorityName="Pousargues" authorityYear="1894" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Steatomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="opimus">
<emphasis id="28FCFA4B168CFBB1BF8BFC88AD632F9B" italics="true" pageNumber="945">opimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see those accounts). Demeter (1982) identified the lone Ethiopian record (Sabober Plains, Awash National Park) as
<taxonomicName id="CBA1097DA62256D96A82E78C3DA7BBEA" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Steatomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pratensis">
<emphasis id="7845C5730823F0A7952088AF9F916814" italics="true" pageNumber="945">S. pratensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because of their large skull size compared with
<taxonomicName id="E1E36B1A8EB5D219166E3AE19067F4E2" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Steatomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="parvus">
<emphasis id="87DD46319B9D71C6FD25CCDA6EA29CBB" italics="true" pageNumber="945">S. parvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; his range of values match those for
<taxonomicName id="B259B9AD97D403AF2A80BE4CC22B330D" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Steatomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pratensis">
<emphasis id="8BA6208622DF8F1D8590727FF55F4BAB" italics="true" pageNumber="945">S. pratensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the
<collectionCode id="3AE1D7532D5775E6B198695989BD5DD0" 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>
, not the larger
<taxonomicName id="5BD788EC60F231EF67F96FE5FEC5DA23" authorityName="Pousargues" authorityYear="1894" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Steatomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="opimus">
<emphasis id="45481D6E7AA703C268599671F9F3749A" italics="true" pageNumber="945">S. opimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which occurs no closer than extreme SW
<collectingCountry id="4FD320F5B72924593DF4B53A8DC1EEAE" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
. Although
<taxonomicName id="6AA29C28B6A44C3E25168BAF36E2AF9E" authorityName="Hill and Carter" authorityYear="1937" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Steatomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leucorhynchus">
<emphasis id="7E1EF736FDF88C61B5F99039442795FE" italics="true" pageNumber="945">leucorhynchus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is usually included in
<taxonomicName id="989F37B671E0CEFC531E59223465792D" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1852" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Steatomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="krebsii">
<emphasis id="9425F1B44F901DD4E7F09CA6711467E0" italics="true" pageNumber="945">S. krebsii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="AE5FF25E3A2940BC6881223634EE596E" author="Coetzee, C. G." refId="ref63758" refString="Coetzee, C. G. 1977 a. Genus Steatomys. Part 6.8. Pp. 1 - 4, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.) [issued 22 Aug 1977]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated." year="1977">
Coetzee, 1977
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;
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),
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provisionally recognized it as a species because relative ear length of the
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(
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, Capelongo) is more similar to
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<emphasis id="A2539C2B2FD47A1908D87AEC08CD1A56" italics="true" pageNumber="945">S. pratensis</emphasis>
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; he also suggested that
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<emphasis id="2B30C6ADDC342A14882CAA225C1B6035" italics="true" pageNumber="945">leucorhynchus</emphasis>
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may prove to be another geographic sample of the latter. After studying the
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of
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<emphasis id="F630A23CC5441F81584C6CC3B872DDF1" italics="true" pageNumber="945">leucorhynchus</emphasis>
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and others from Capelongo (
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85815, 85816, 86976) in S
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, we agree with that assessment. We have not seen material between
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and the West African
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<emphasis id="EC7D7F7CA77EF9CBB9546ADF95F09E8B" italics="true" pageNumber="945">S. caurinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; that region is mostly occupied by the much larger-bodied
<taxonomicName id="308A7F44846A4D599757AABF51DA4011" authorityName="Pousargues" authorityYear="1894" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Steatomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="opimus">
<emphasis id="95FA7AC5D22A183FE005A94E05018AB6" italics="true" pageNumber="945">S. opimus</emphasis>
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. Identified from the early Pleistocene of
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based on isolated molars (
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).
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