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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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<figureCitation box="[1371,1454,3114,3160]" captionStart="Plate 46: Muridae" captionStartId="149.[93,123,3260,3285]" captionTargetBox="[1369,1957,2671,3085]" captionTargetPageId="149" captionText="411. Indian Bush Rat (Golunda ellioti), 412. Harrington's Rat (Desmomys harringtoni), 413. Yalden’s Rat (Desmomys yaldeni), 414. Abyssinian Grass Rat (Arvicanthis abyssinicus), 415. Blick’s Grass Rat (Arvicanthis blicki), 416. Neumann's Grass Rat (Arvicanthis neumanni), 417. Sudanian Grass Rat (Arvicanthis ansorgei), 418. African Grass Rat (Arvicanthis niloticus), 419. Guinean Grass Rat (Arvicanthis rufinus), 420. Nairobi Grass Rat (Arvicanthis nawrobae), 421. Common Defua Rat (Dephomys defua), 422. Ivory Coast Defua Rat (Dephomys eburneae), 423. Cameroon Highland Striped Mouse (Hybomys badius), 424. Father Basilio’s Striped Mouse (Hybomys basilii), 425. Liberian Forest Striped Mouse (Hybomys planifrons), 426. West African Striped Mouse (Hybomys trivirgatus), 427. Moon Mountains Striped Mouse (Hybomys lunaris), 428. Peters’s Striped Mouse (Hybomys uniuvittatus), 429. Mount Oku Rat (Lamottemys okuensis), 430. Ethiopian Three-toed Grass Rat (Mylomys rex), 431. Dybowski’s Three-toed Grass Rat (Mylomys dybowskii), 432. Hinde’s Rock Rat (Aethomys hindei), 433. West African Rock Rat (Aethomys stannarius), 434. Bocage’s Rock Rat (Aethomys bocagei), 435. Kaiser’s Rock Rat (Aethomys kaiser), 436. Thomas’s Rock Rat (Aethomys thomasi), 437. Red Rock Rat (Aethomys chrysophilus), 438. Tete Rock Rat (Aethomys ineptus), 439. Nyika Rock Rat (Aethomys nyikae), 440. Silinda Rock Rat (Aethomys silindensis)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6887780" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6887780/files/figure.png" pageId="155" pageNumber="757">439.</figureCitation>
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<vernacularName box="[1470,1790,3114,3160]" pageId="155" pageNumber="757">Nyika Rock Rat</vernacularName>
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1897" box="[1859,2149,3114,3160]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="155" pageNumber="757" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nyikae">
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<emphasis box="[1859,2149,3114,3160]" italics="true" pageId="155" pageNumber="757">Aethomys nyikae</emphasis>
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<paragraph blockId="155.[1371,2319,3114,3239]" box="[1371,2319,3177,3198]" pageId="155" pageNumber="757">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1371,1447,3177,3198]" pageId="155" pageNumber="757">French:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[1454,1649,3177,3198]" pageId="155" pageNumber="757">Aethomys du Nyika</vernacularName>
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/
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1670,1760,3177,3198]" pageId="155" pageNumber="757">German:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[1770,1979,3177,3198]" pageId="155" pageNumber="757">Nyika-Buschlandratte</vernacularName>
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/
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[2000,2091,3177,3198]" pageId="155" pageNumber="757">Spanish:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[2101,2319,3177,3198]" pageId="155" pageNumber="757">Rata de roca de Nyika</vernacularName>
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<paragraph blockId="155.[1371,2319,3114,3239]" box="[1371,1945,3218,3239]" pageId="155" pageNumber="757">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1371,1618,3218,3239]" pageId="155" pageNumber="757">Other common names:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[1628,1790,3218,3239]" pageId="155" pageNumber="757">Nyika Aethomys</vernacularName>
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,
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<vernacularName box="[1804,1945,3218,3239]" pageId="155" pageNumber="757">Nyika Veld Rat</vernacularName>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1371,1526,3283,3317]" pageId="155" pageNumber="757">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authority="Thomas, 1897" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1897" box="[1539,1893,3283,3317]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="155" pageNumber="757" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nyikae">Mus nyikae Thomas, 1897</taxonomicName>
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,
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3864424669" box="[1909,2255,3283,3317]" pageId="155" pageNumber="757">Nyika Plateau, N Malawi.</materialsCitation>
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<subSubSection box="[1371,1733,3328,3357]" pageId="155" pageNumber="757" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="155.[1371,2576,3283,3473]" box="[1371,1733,3328,3357]" pageId="155" pageNumber="757">This species is monotypic.</paragraph>
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<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6887842" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6887842" box="[1371,2243,3370,3395]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6887842/files/figure.png" inLine="true" pageId="155" pageNumber="757" startId="155.[1371,1543,3370,3395]" targetBox="[172,765,296,713]" targetPageId="156">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1371,1547,3370,3395]" pageId="155" pageNumber="757">Distribution.</emphasis>
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NE Angola, S DR Congo, N Zambia, and Malawi.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1371,1623,3409,3434]" pageId="155" pageNumber="757">Descriptive notes.</emphasis>
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Head—body 120-156 mm, tail 145-178 mm, ear 20-21 mm, hindfoot 28-29 mm; weight 56-106 g. A medium-sized rat, the Nyika Rock Rat has fur
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<paragraph blockId="156.[786,1380,296,714]" pageId="156" pageNumber="758">coarse and red-tinged medium to dark brown dorsally, and grayish white ventrally. Chin and throat are off-white. Ears are medium-sized and brown. Tail is long (95 105% or more of head-body length) and coarsely scaled with fine hairs, dark above and paler below. Limbs are relatively short and foreand hindfeet dorsally off-white, with four digits on forefoot and five on hindfoot.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="156" pageNumber="758" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph blockId="156.[786,1380,296,714]" lastBlockId="156.[171,1378,729,1147]" pageId="156" pageNumber="758">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[786,897,685,714]" pageId="156" pageNumber="758">Habitat.</emphasis>
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Grassland savannas, montane forest—grassland ecotones, alpine meadows, and agricultural areas; associated with termite mounds in open woodlands. Usually at higher altitudes, from 800 m to at least 2300 m.
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<paragraph blockId="156.[171,1378,729,1147]" box="[173,673,841,870]" pageId="156" pageNumber="758">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[173,435,841,870]" pageId="156" pageNumber="758">Food and Feeding.</emphasis>
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No information.
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<paragraph blockId="156.[171,1378,729,1147]" box="[173,843,885,910]" pageId="156" pageNumber="758">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[173,307,885,910]" pageId="156" pageNumber="758">Breeding.</emphasis>
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In Zambia females bear 2-5 embryos.
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<subSubSection pageId="156" pageNumber="758" type="activity">
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<paragraph blockId="156.[171,1378,729,1147]" pageId="156" pageNumber="758">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[171,408,921,950]" pageId="156" pageNumber="758">Activity patterns.</emphasis>
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Nyika Rock Rats are nocturnal. They are mostly terrestrial, but may also climb.
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<paragraph blockId="156.[171,1378,729,1147]" pageId="156" pageNumber="758">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[172,881,1000,1029]" pageId="156" pageNumber="758">Movements, Home range and Social organization.</emphasis>
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Nyika Rock Rats are possibly communal or semi-communal.
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<paragraph blockId="156.[171,1378,729,1147]" box="[172,1222,1083,1108]" pageId="156" pageNumber="758">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[172,521,1083,1108]" pageId="156" pageNumber="758">Status and Conservation.</emphasis>
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Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.
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<subSubSection box="[173,942,1126,1147]" pageId="156" pageNumber="758" type="bibRefCitation_list">
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<paragraph blockId="156.[171,1378,729,1147]" box="[173,942,1126,1147]" pageId="156" pageNumber="758">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[173,325,1126,1147]" pageId="156" pageNumber="758">Bibliography.</emphasis>
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Ansell (1960), De Graaff (1981), Monadjem etal. (2015).
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</paragraph>
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