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<mods:namePart>Don E. Wilson</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Russell A. Mittermeier</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Thomas E. Lacher, Jr</mods:namePart>
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<mods:title>Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II</mods:title>
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<figureCitation box="[1446,1529,1745,1791]" captionStart="Plate 47: Muridae" captionStartId="158.[95,125,3260,3285]" captionTargetBox="[12,2727,14,3649]" captionTargetPageId="157" captionText="441. Grayish-brown Shaggy Rat (Dasymys griseifrons), 442. Fox’s Shaggy Rat (Dasymys foxi), 443. Mount Cameroon Shaggy Rat (Dasymys longipilosus), 444. West African Shaggy Rat (Dasymys rufulus), 445. Rwenzori Shaggy Rat (Dasymys montanus), 446. Glover Allen’s Shaggy Rat (Dasymys alleni), 447. Middle Shaggy Rat (Dasymys medius), 448. Rwandan Shaggy Rat (Dasymys rwandae), 449. Tanzanian Shaggy Rat (Dasymys sua), 450. Crawford-Cabral’s Shaggy Rat (Dasymys cabrali), 451. Angolan Shaggy Rat (Dasymys nudipes), 452. Roberts’s Shaggy Rat (Dasymys robertsu), 453. Cape Shaggy Rat (Dasymys capensis), 454. African Shaggy Rat (Dasymys incomtus), 455. Ethiopian Thicket Rat (Grammomys minnae), 456. Arid Woodland Thicket Rat (Grammomys aridulus), 458. Western Rainforest Thicket Rat (Grammomys poensis), 460. Eastern Rainforest Thicket Rat (Grammomys kuru), 461. Short-snouted Thicket Rat (Grammomys brevirostris), 462. Gray-headed Thicket Rat (Grammomys caniceps), 463. [MISSING], 465. Macmillan’s Thicket Rat (Grammomys macmillani), 466. Selous’s Thicket Rat (Grammomys selousi), 467. Mozambique Thicket Rat (Grammomys cometes), 468. Woodland Thicket Rat (Grammomys dolichurus)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6887892" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6887892/files/figure.png" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">468.</figureCitation>
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<vernacularName box="[1544,2018,1745,1791]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">Woodland Thicket Rat</vernacularName>
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Smuts" baseAuthorityYear="1832" box="[2072,2513,1745,1791]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="163" pageNumber="766" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dolichurus">
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<emphasis box="[2072,2513,1745,1791]" italics="true" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">Grammomys dolichurus</emphasis>
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<paragraph blockId="163.[1445,2513,1745,1869]" box="[1446,2444,1809,1830]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1446,1521,1809,1830]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">French:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[1530,1736,1809,1830]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">Grammomys du Cap</vernacularName>
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/
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1757,1848,1809,1830]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">German:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[1854,2044,1809,1830]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">\Wald-Akazienmaus</vernacularName>
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/
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[2066,2157,1809,1830]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">Spanish:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[2167,2444,1809,1830]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">Rata de matorral de bosque</vernacularName>
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<paragraph blockId="163.[1445,2513,1745,1869]" box="[1445,2371,1848,1869]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1445,1692,1848,1869]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">Other common names:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[1702,1932,1848,1869]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">Common Grammomys</vernacularName>
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,
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<vernacularName box="[1943,2181,1848,1869]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">Woodland Grammomys</vernacularName>
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,
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<vernacularName box="[2193,2371,1848,1869]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">Woodland Mouse</vernacularName>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[2057,2212,1923,1948]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authority="Smuts, 1832" authorityName="Smuts" authorityYear="1832" box="[2235,2643,1923,1948]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="163" pageNumber="766" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dolichurus">Mus dolichurus Smuts, 1832</taxonomicName>
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,
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3864424344" box="[2059,2488,1962,1987]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">near Cape Town, South Africa.</materialsCitation>
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<subSubSection pageId="163" pageNumber="766" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="163.[2057,2650,1923,2342]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Smuts" baseAuthorityYear="1832" box="[2061,2361,1998,2027]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="163" pageNumber="766" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dolichurus">Grammomys dolichurus</taxonomicName>
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previously included
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1911" box="[2060,2216,2041,2066]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thamnomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="163" pageNumber="766" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="buntingi">G. buntingi</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hutterer & Dieterlen" authorityYear="1984" box="[2243,2393,2041,2066]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="163" pageNumber="766" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caniceps">G. caniceps</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1907" box="[2490,2604,2041,2066]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thamnomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="163" pageNumber="766" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dryas">G. dryas</taxonomicName>
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. It overlaps morphologically with
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<taxonomicName box="[2509,2644,2077,2106]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thamnomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="163" pageNumber="766" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cometes">G. cometes</taxonomicName>
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, but is genetically and possibly ecologically distinct. Monotypic.
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<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6887906" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6887906" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6887906/files/figure.png" inLine="true" pageId="163" pageNumber="766" startId="163.[2057,2229,2190,2224]" targetBox="[1443,2033,1928,2341]" targetPageId="163">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[2057,2233,2190,2224]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">Distribution.</emphasis>
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Occurs widely throughout E & S Africa in a range of woodlands and forests, but absent from the rainforest belt, and from NE DR Congo and Uganda in the N and Angola in the W to coastal SE South Africa; isolated populations in WC South Sudan, S Ethiopia, and SW Somalia.
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<subSubSection pageId="163" pageNumber="766" type="description">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1444,1693,2427,2461]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">Descriptive notes.</emphasis>
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Head—body 90-136 mm, tail 129-185 mm, ear 15-23 mm, hindfoot 21-26 mm; weight 20-54 g. Fur of the Woodland Thicket Rat is rufous brown above, becoming brighter orange brown on rump, with sharply demarcated pure white belly bordered by a thin orange line. Tail is very long (150-180% of head—body length) and semi-prehensile, scaly with brown bristles, with terminal tuft of longer black hairs. Ears are small, ginger-colored and lack white post-auricular spot. There are four digits on forefoot and five on relatively short hindfoot,fifth digit longer and semi-opposable. Females have either 0+2 = 2 or 1+2 = 3 pairs of nipples. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 44-52, FN = 62.
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<paragraph blockId="163.[1442,2649,2348,3366]" box="[1444,2217,2785,2814]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1444,1555,2785,2814]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">Habitat.</emphasis>
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Woodlands and riparian forest within savanna.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1444,1704,2829,2854]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">Food and Feeding.</emphasis>
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In South Africa, Woodland Thicket Rats consume fruit, leaves, and stems throughout year, insects being eaten only in spring.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1444,1578,2904,2933]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">Breeding.</emphasis>
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Breeding season varies geographically, with reproductive females present in wet season (February—May) in Malawi, in January and September in Zimbabwe, in summer and autumn (December—July) in South Africa, and every 5-6 weeks continuously throughout year in tropical Uganda. Gestation lasts c¢.24 days. Embryos number 1-6. Individuals reach reproductive maturity at a weight of 30 g.
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<paragraph blockId="163.[1442,2649,2348,3366]" box="[1442,2413,3100,3129]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1442,1677,3100,3129]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">Activity patterns.</emphasis>
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Woodland Thicket Rats are nocturnal and arboreal.
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<paragraph blockId="163.[1442,2649,2348,3366]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1443,2158,3140,3169]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">Movements, Home range and Social organization.</emphasis>
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Woodland Thicket Rats live communally in nests built of grass and leaves or in abandoned bird nests. They occur at a density of 1-1 ind/ha in Afro-montane forest in South Africa.
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<subSubSection box="[1444,2493,3258,3287]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766" type="conservation">
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<paragraph blockId="163.[1442,2649,2348,3366]" box="[1444,2493,3258,3287]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1444,1793,3258,3287]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">Status and Conservation.</emphasis>
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Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.
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<subSubSection pageId="163" pageNumber="766" type="bibRefCitation_list">
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<paragraph blockId="163.[1442,2649,2348,3366]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1444,1589,3302,3327]" pageId="163" pageNumber="766">Bibliography.</emphasis>
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Bryja et al. (2017), De Graaff (1981), Delany (1975), Dieterlen (1967a), Hanney (1965), Krystufek, Baxter et al. (2008), Monadjem etal. (2015), Smithers (1983), Smithers & Wilson (1979), Wirminghaus & Perrin (1992, 1993).
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</paragraph>
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