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<taxonomicName id="5431922ED9A509A455B3709802FAD3EA" ID-CoL="JYV" authority="Major 1897" authorityName="Major" authorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="947" phylum="Chordata" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Nesomyinae">Nesomyinae Major 1897</taxonomicName>
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<treatmentCitation id="15B386BDE72A8798DB25E8DAA3075F68" author="Major" authority="Major 1897" authorityName="Major" authorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" journal="Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond." kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="718" pageNumber="947" phylum="Chordata" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Nesomyinae" title="Nesomyinae" volume="1897" year="1897">
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Nesomyinae
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<bibRefCitation id="7676227B30A8415FE6091E2D3622AF70" author="Major, C. I. F." refId="ref222613" refString="Major, C. I. F. 1897. On the Malagasy rodent genus Brachyuromys; and on the mutual relations of some groups of the Muridae (Hesperomyinae, Microtinae, Murinae, and " Spalacidae ") with each other and with the Malagasy Nesomyinae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1897: 695 - 720." year="1897">Major 1897</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibCitation id="681E7505121B13B3649AFA42A0B66300" author="Major" journal="Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond." pageNumber="947" pagination="718" title="Nesomyinae" volume="1897" year="1897">Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1897: 718</bibCitation>
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.
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<emphasis id="0B9DB568464F78A334181FF6A665970F" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="947">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="6B94982E5A41803372C86410CF48328E" authority="Ellerman 1941" authorityName="Ellerman" authorityYear="1941" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="947" phylum="Chordata" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Brachytarsomyes">
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Brachytarsomyes
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<bibRefCitation id="DBF863AD9E169F09C5F36B26342AFC5E" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref92857" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp." year="1941">Ellerman 1941</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="6786707AF412F3511A6AD2CC36BDFD92" authority="Ellerman 1941" authorityName="Ellerman" authorityYear="1941" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="947" phylum="Chordata" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Brachyuromyes">
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Brachyuromyes
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<bibRefCitation id="251A740040B24302CD629674938C2DDE" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref92857" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp." year="1941">Ellerman 1941</bibRefCitation>
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Eliuri
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<bibRefCitation id="EA55265A7A58AEAE448ECEECCE18B429" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref92857" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp." year="1941">Ellerman 1941</bibRefCitation>
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<taxonomicName id="BDC4B65E8EDF35FD311D2629877B4C72" authority="Ellerman 1941" authorityName="Ellerman" authorityYear="1941" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="947" phylum="Chordata" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Gymnuromyinae">
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Gymnuromyinae
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<bibRefCitation id="1262608121BF3400482717885AD498AB" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref92857" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp." year="1941">Ellerman 1941</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="4C92DAD61E9CE0B465B491DE9E0A376E" authority="Vorontsov 1959" authorityName="Vorontsov" authorityYear="1959" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="947" phylum="Chordata" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Nesomyini">
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Nesomyini
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<bibRefCitation id="499F1368E18ACF69BA059AFE45198A7E" author="Vorontsov, N. N." refId="ref376646" refString="Vorontsov, N. N. 1959. [The system of hamsters (Cricetinae) in the sphere of the world fauna and their phylogenetic relations.] Byulleten' Moskovskovo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel Biologicheskii, 64: 134 - 137 (in Russian)." year="1959">Vorontsov 1959</bibRefCitation>
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.
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<emphasis id="E9861E18AE6618629DC991E3EFCC692E" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="947">Genera:</emphasis>
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9 genera with 23 species:
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<paragraph id="5D4C907F6CF6F724168D0994ABD7A978" pageNumber="947">
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Genus
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<taxonomicName id="A102FC6E8C1B45B1DDF7FF0EA1693F06" authority="Günther 1875" authorityName="Günther" authorityYear="1875" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Brachytarsomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="947" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="93F24A20CFDD93170FF6E5ABD9852FF3" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Brachytarsomys</emphasis>
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Günther 1875
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</taxonomicName>
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(2 species)
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<paragraph id="5E7378345CA5D46FF36672EDDA38196A" pageNumber="947">
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Genus
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<taxonomicName id="F50D64EF79260C86F8D4F7A77061362D" authority="Major 1896" authorityName="Major" authorityYear="1896" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Brachyuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="947" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="28EB5D9A348DCAAD781C9CD8A308191C" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Brachyuromys</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="2456B6CDF53BFBA8449115D139AF043B" author="Major, C. I. F." refId="ref222579" refString="Major, C. I. F. 1896. Diagnoses of new mammals from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, 18: 319 - 325." year="1896">Major 1896</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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(2 species)
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7A3AEB229B25285DBB263C91EA05235E" pageNumber="947">
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Genus
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<taxonomicName id="2C5E617C818F80C646DEFE848AD3AFEB" authority="Milne Edwards 1885" authorityName="Milne Edwards" authorityYear="1885" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Eliurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="947" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="A1B099BE79F5C256F9F0FE1D31899E73" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Eliurus</emphasis>
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Milne Edwards 1885
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</taxonomicName>
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(10 species)
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0B514348C04488A773AD34C503F296D5" pageNumber="947">
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Genus
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<taxonomicName id="E673E35970842A2106D675F77127EE16" authority="Major 1896" authorityName="Major" authorityYear="1896" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Gymnuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="947" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="80624F16D1E1211F0EEEF98F4536D12A" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Gymnuromys</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="D68D54522DDA20B3328ABBA96FF1C5F4" author="Major, C. I. F." refId="ref222579" refString="Major, C. I. F. 1896. Diagnoses of new mammals from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, 18: 319 - 325." year="1896">Major 1896</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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(1 species)
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="72F2DE2AD1D27E2DFF15C86E43821192" pageNumber="947">
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Genus
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<taxonomicName id="348741EDE61B70FB96356B9F9B76C7E4" authority="A. Grandidier 1869" authorityName="A. Grandidier" authorityYear="1869" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Hypogeomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="947" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B564F0C9034EE0DA784030C989610978" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Hypogeomys</emphasis>
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A. Grandidier 1869
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</taxonomicName>
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(1 species)
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="E1CC791BFE12C156B18C972FEDE559F8" pageNumber="947">
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Genus
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<taxonomicName id="D4ACB9F10BA966753A127A15AF32D4E0" authority="Milne-Edwards and G. Grandidier 1898" authorityName="Milne-Edwards and G. Grandidier" authorityYear="1898" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Macrotarsomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="947" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="1B624BA278D10AC386B35F56F4C9A884" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Macrotarsomys</emphasis>
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Milne-Edwards and G. Grandidier 1898
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</taxonomicName>
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(2 species)
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="15184D92D2012913B0F02FB0BA6B9541" pageNumber="947">
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Genus
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<taxonomicName id="EB8F18E667DEEC270126B832F04C621F" authority="Carleton and Goodman 1996" authorityName="Carleton and Goodman" authorityYear="1996" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Monticolomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="947" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="7535F1A9982672785278B30BFB09A701" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Monticolomys</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="6C1FC977C2896C28A11E0BFFD3389F76" author="Carleton, M. D. & S. M. Goodman" refId="ref51718" refString="Carleton, M. D., and S. M. Goodman. 1996. Systematic studies of Madagascar's endemic rodents (Muroidea: Nesomyinae): A new genus and species from the Central Highlands. Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 85: 231 - 256." year="1996">Carleton and Goodman 1996</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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(1 species)
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="D5CB0A2CA7D48EDB068D8BA17A55C1B8" pageNumber="947">
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Genus
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<taxonomicName id="16D3FF555DA404FF23D21D05C91AD8DC" authority="Peters 1870" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1870" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Nesomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="947" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="4942364F28E9BCE3B07F633FFEA09C1F" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Nesomys</emphasis>
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Peters 1870
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</taxonomicName>
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(3 species)
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4040381B9C7BAF0AC79A4A09E424B640" pageNumber="947">
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Genus
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<taxonomicName id="59FD476A63490E05336ED6B6AA7D46C4" authority="Carleton and Goodman 1998" authorityName="Carleton and Goodman" authorityYear="1998" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Voalavo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="947" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="BDF8DA7F32B19631BFA28D0FF90691A1" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Voalavo</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="343BAB27134A77119E83C15F57143024" author="Carleton, M. D. & S. M. Goodman" refId="ref51771" refString="Carleton, M. D., and S. M. Goodman. 1998. New taxa of nesomyine rodents (Muroidea: Muridae) from Madagascar's northern highlands, with taxonomic comments on previously described forms. Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 90: 163 - 200." year="1998">Carleton and Goodman 1998</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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(1 species)
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="6AD3881C050C0A740D6E05E254B679E0" pageNumber="947" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="6904FB2C5B4BE3A85F3CB1E151DDF600" pageNumber="947">
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<emphasis id="BB9DC32E74F6C6FDCC070A1F6CC55B43" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="947">Discussion:</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="EA35E5351F510315A2837E26FECD0F14" pageNumber="947">
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Emended definition—Muroid rodents in which the jugal is large, spanning most of the middle zygomatic arch (
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<bibRefCitation id="A39E20B82EB319E71B8C65D46F10D315" author="Major, C. I. F." refId="ref222613" refString="Major, C. I. F. 1897. On the Malagasy rodent genus Brachyuromys; and on the mutual relations of some groups of the Muridae (Hesperomyinae, Microtinae, Murinae, and " Spalacidae ") with each other and with the Malagasy Nesomyinae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1897: 695 - 720." year="1897">Major, 1897</bibRefCitation>
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); the tongue retains three circumvallate papillae (
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<bibRefCitation id="49081F8E9D67351832E11E3C39046739" author="Tullberg, T." refId="ref360768" refString="Tullberg, T. 1899. Uber das system der Nagetiere. Eine phylogenetische studie. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarium Upsaliensis, Ser. 3, 18: 1 - 514." year="1899">Tullberg, 1899</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="8FD5ABC9B071017B2CD5ED9C073504BB" author="Vorontsov, N. N." refId="ref376737" refString="Vorontsov, N. N. 1967. Evolyutsiya pishchevaritel'noi sistemy gryzunov mysheobraznye [Evolution of the alimentary system of myomorph rodents]. Nauka, Novosibirsk, 235 pp. (in Russian)." year="1967">Vorontsov, 1967</bibRefCitation>
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); and the enamel face of the lower incisors bears two low and inconspicuous ridges, close-set in parallel and positioned mediolaterally (confirmed by
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<collectionCode id="FAD711EBDB5B09888E738F095A717C00">MDC</collectionCode>
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in all nine genera).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0EF416B3AB3879CCD5A7BEF17CC71027" pageNumber="947">
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Group exceedingly diverse morphologically (see
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<bibRefCitation id="F4BB25B051ECB187D30208B69DD1F9D8" author="Carleton, M. D. & G. G. Musser" refId="ref52182" refString="Carleton, M. D., and G. G. Musser. 1984. Muroid rodents. Pp. 289 - 379, in Orders and families of Recent mammals of the world (S. Anderson and J. K. Jones, Jr., eds.). John Wiley and Sons, New York, 686 pp." year="1984">Carleton and Musser, 1984:341-2</bibRefCitation>
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), but the above characters, in combination, uniquely define nesomyines among assemblages of living muroids. Jugal size and number of circumvallate papillae are probably primitive conditions, but the acquisition of various lower incisor ornamentations is thought derived (
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<bibRefCitation id="D8ECA42379449775ED0EB88E8ABB8A5B" author="Flynn, L. J. & L. L. Jacobs & E. H. Lindsay" refId="ref105706" refString="Flynn, L. J., L. L. Jacobs, and E. H. Lindsay. 1985. Problems in muroid phylogeny: Relationship to other rodents and origin of major groups. Pp. 589 - 616, in Evolutionary relationships among rodents: A multidisciplinary analysis (W. P. Luckett and J. - L. Hartenberger, eds.). Plenum Press, New York, 721 pp." year="1985">Flynn et al., 1985</bibRefCitation>
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; L. D.
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<bibRefCitation id="69AA296ECF03AAEECB0794D141661EC3" author="Martin, L. D." refId="ref226825" refString="Martin, L. D. 1980. The early evolution of the Cricetidae in North America. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, 102: 1 - 42." year="1980">Martin, 1980</bibRefCitation>
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). Similar longitudinal incisor ridges are also found in certain cricetomyines among extant groups, and in the extinct Miocene African genera
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<taxonomicName id="8733304FD0316E7B3FF4919963BFC268" authorityName="Lavocat" authorityYear="1973" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Afrocricetodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="0F86C8256D87DE3D034D9E7E6B8B40C6" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Afrocricetodon</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="30A187172F6CC971711F9FA4E4395FBE" authorityName="Lavocat" authorityYear="1973" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Notocricetodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="F28506DE92FCDB2E4DB593BF3FC8D020" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Notocricetodon</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<taxonomicName id="B563B4783E5FA7F1FFB3ADDC4F70D6D6" authorityName="Lavocat" authorityYear="1973" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Protarsomys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="232B38408AAD4365E4D161F03C5D41B8" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Protarsomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="4CB37DC2CDEDED9571E0F2EE26FE7660" author="Flynn, L. J. & L. L. Jacobs & E. H. Lindsay" refId="ref105706" refString="Flynn, L. J., L. L. Jacobs, and E. H. Lindsay. 1985. Problems in muroid phylogeny: Relationship to other rodents and origin of major groups. Pp. 589 - 616, in Evolutionary relationships among rodents: A multidisciplinary analysis (W. P. Luckett and J. - L. Hartenberger, eds.). Plenum Press, New York, 721 pp." year="1985">Flynn et al., 1985</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="450ED5D567A75452181B84CD905E98A4" author="Lavocat, R." refId="ref205495" refString="Lavocat, R. 1973. Les rongeurs du Miocene d'Afrique Orientale. Memoires et Travaux de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Institut de Montpellier, 1: 1 - 284." year="1973">Lavocat, 1973</bibRefCitation>
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). The morphological diversity of Madagascar’s native rodents has questioned their monophyletic origin and prompted numerous classificatory arrangements (see discussions in
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<bibRefCitation id="D494847813CBB187D16D1AB462BBBFA9" author="Carleton, M. D. & G. G. Musser" refId="ref52182" refString="Carleton, M. D., and G. G. Musser. 1984. Muroid rodents. Pp. 289 - 379, in Orders and families of Recent mammals of the world (S. Anderson and J. K. Jones, Jr., eds.). John Wiley and Sons, New York, 686 pp." year="1984">Carleton and Musser, 1984</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="B7B7FA05584E344624B33A0271083358" author="Jansa, S. A. & M. D. Carleton" refId="ref172139" refString="Jansa, S. A., and M. D. Carleton. 2003 a. Systematics and phylogenetics of Madagascar's native rodents. Pp. 1257 - 1265, in The natural history of Madagascar (S. M. Goodman and J. P. Benstead, eds.). The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, xxi + 1709 pp." year="2003">
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Jansa and Carleton, 2003
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<emphasis id="1D5ED421CC7C62A6088479A3C8AD9B44" italics="true" pageNumber="947">a</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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). Proponents of a single ancestral origin have usually arranged nesomyines as a subfamily or tribe within
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<taxonomicName id="622BF312E8A4638C0B09860F900DC431" authorityName="Fischer" authorityYear="1817" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Cricetidae</taxonomicName>
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(e.g.,
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<bibRefCitation id="8B5F03AFDC8DA4A3EE2AB9F126260C75" author="Miller, G. S., Jr. & J. W. Gidley" refId="ref242298" refString="Miller, G. S., Jr., and J. W. Gidley. 1918. Synopsis of the supergeneric groups of rodents. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 8: 431 - 448." year="1918">Miller and Gidley, 1918</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="47AC01303E5AD1E7730D0A8F7C44EE3E" author="Simpson, G. G." refId="ref328876" refString="Simpson, G. G. 1945. The principles of classification and a classification of mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 85: 1 - 350." year="1945">Simpson, 1945</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="CDA6B5EEEA3874DB19BABD848AD78ED0" author="Vorontsov, N. N." refId="ref376646" refString="Vorontsov, N. N. 1959. [The system of hamsters (Cricetinae) in the sphere of the world fauna and their phylogenetic relations.] Byulleten' Moskovskovo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel Biologicheskii, 64: 134 - 137 (in Russian)." year="1959">Vorontsov, 1959</bibRefCitation>
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) or as a subfamily within a broadly defined
|
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<taxonomicName id="940E7048CEF68C99FE6BCEAD3F75CC5B" authorityName="Major" authorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Nesomyidae</taxonomicName>
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, which includes African groups such as cricetomyines, tachyoryctines, and
|
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<taxonomicName id="1E897715CF0C22DDBA7084D999C8C030" baseAuthorityName="Noack" baseAuthorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Mystromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="6C6B8F424B1FE343815C690AA6BC32A9" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Mystromys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="A14E759D6C48F651FC997760D25C8FB4" author="Chaline, J. & P. Mein & F. Petter" refId="ref57068" refString="Chaline, J., P. Mein, and F. Petter. 1977. Les grandes lignes d'une classification evolutive des Muroidea. Mammalia, 41: 245 - 252." year="1977">Chaline et al., 1977</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="E8829D0B14758836253454C635DD5732" author="Lavocat, R." refId="ref205553" refString="Lavocat, R. 1978. Rodentia and Lagomorpha. Pp. 69 - 89, in Evolution of African mammals (V. J. Maglio and H. B. S. Cooke, eds.). Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 641 pp." year="1978">Lavocat, 1978</bibRefCitation>
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).
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<bibRefCitation id="C2B9F7E0B95B2A66B631769F192C4A4C" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref92857" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp." year="1941">Ellerman (1941</bibRefCitation>
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, 1949) was convinced that nesomyines are polyphyletic and dispersed the genera among five subfamilies of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4D6FB2C9567A63CB2F93C7D84C387824" authorityName="Illiger" authorityYear="1811" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Muridae</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="1F00D9FC73B1818C09621841E70F6ED5" italics="true" pageNumber="947">sensu lato</emphasis>
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||
.
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||
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="D336329136D8F388E3019DB476978FAA" pageNumber="947">
|
||
Recent studies of DNA-DNA hybridization and genetic sequence data, although not finally resolving all aspects of the debate, persuasively demonstrate that Ellerman’s radical classificatory treatment is untenable. Surveys of few nesomyine taxa, using DNA hybridization or nuclear genes, have supported monophyly of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7E94BF5063E0F4EF8E358AF9EF92D402" authorityName="Major" authorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Nesomyinae">Nesomyinae</taxonomicName>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="3602E7AEA59E55C99A50FD263C955DE5" author="Dubois, J. - Y. & D. Rakotondravony & C. Hanni & P. Sourouille & F. M. Catzeflis" refId="ref88889" refString="Dubois, J. - Y., D. Rakotondravony, C. Hanni, P. Sourouille, and F. M. Catzeflis. 1996. Molecular evolutionary relationships of three genera of Nesomyinae, endemic rodent taxa from Madagascar. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 3: 239 - 259." year="1996">DuBois et al., 1996</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="49A1D3425D3DC7C843AF3D68FBBEDEA8" author="Michaux, J. & F. Catzeflis" refId="ref240457" refString="Michaux, J., and F. Catzeflis. 2000. The bushlike radiation of muroid rodents is exemplified by the molecular phylogeny of the LCAT nuclear gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 17: 280 - 293." year="2000">Michaux and Catzeflis, 2000</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="DEDD98633AE56D3D432F23FACBC1E88C" author="Michaux, J. & A. Reyes & F. Catzeflis" refId="ref240856" refString="Michaux, J., A. Reyes, and F. Catzeflis. 2001 b. Evolutionary history of the most speciose mammals: Molecular phylogeny of muroid rodents. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 18 (11): 2017 - 2031." year="2001">
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Michaux et al., 2001
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<emphasis id="45C08DCB39F200BEE8302DD3A92B3A41" italics="true" pageNumber="947">b</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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); whereas, results based on dense taxonomic sampling, using a mitochondrial gene, have disclosed paraphyly, although most nesomyine genera were associated closely within two clades (
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<bibRefCitation id="98CD155F3F46596C03D686EA92BE8807" author="Jansa, S. A. & S. M. Goodman & P. K. Tucker" refId="ref172368" refString="Jansa, S. A., S. M. Goodman, and P. K. Tucker. 1999. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the native rodents of Madagascar (Muridae: Nesomyinae): A test of the single-origin hypothesis. Cladistics, 15: 253 - 270." year="1999">Jansa et al., 1999</bibRefCitation>
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). According to phylogenetic interpretations of nuclear genes,
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<bibRefCitation id="AC3B6317CEDD0AB3C260A044B96BE857" author="Michaux, J. & A. Reyes & F. Catzeflis" refId="ref240856" refString="Michaux, J., A. Reyes, and F. Catzeflis. 2001 b. Evolutionary history of the most speciose mammals: Molecular phylogeny of muroid rodents. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 18 (11): 2017 - 2031." year="2001">
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Michaux et al. (2001
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<emphasis id="DF8A03D9F8E1C2FBB05108B931411827" italics="true" pageNumber="947">b</emphasis>
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)
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</bibRefCitation>
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depicted
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<taxonomicName id="EDFEFB19FD1141B7F7D687222305C2C3" authorityName="Major" authorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Nesomyinae">Nesomyinae</taxonomicName>
|
||
(two genera sampled) as a basal clade with other African groups (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="85FD4803BD94A2F187981D682C40EDAD" authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1951" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Cricetomyinae">Cricetomyinae</taxonomicName>
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||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7E561A0358D5F6A975C89EE628526F75" authorityName="G. M. Allen" authorityYear="1939" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Dendromurinae">Dendromurinae</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BC4966DCDB6B1AAC0EDB149A2578CE9" authorityName="Vorontsov" authorityYear="1966" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Mystromyinae">Mystromyinae</taxonomicName>
|
||
), a result that supplies some empirical support for Lavocat’s (1973, 1978) concept of a family
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1328B3E298F75345C49D1AEB5A1D88B7" authorityName="Major" authorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Nesomyidae</taxonomicName>
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||
that embraces the archaic remnants of an African radiation dating to the early Miocene or late Oligocene (also see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="C0E8037984D6FBEAED7E09A2A5574375" author="Carleton, M. D. & G. G. Musser" refId="ref52182" refString="Carleton, M. D., and G. G. Musser. 1984. Muroid rodents. Pp. 289 - 379, in Orders and families of Recent mammals of the world (S. Anderson and J. K. Jones, Jr., eds.). John Wiley and Sons, New York, 686 pp." year="1984">Carleton and Musser, 1984:344</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="1566028053666E62077B4F718C065172" pageNumber="947">
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||
Living members endemic to
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||
<collectingCountry id="9A4EBF981DBDFCC703FE65719703404E" name="Madagascar">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
|
||
, known only from late Quaternary and subfossil Holocene deposits (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7A10CB44A814A85B45BCEB4214AA96DD" author="McKenna, M. C. & S. K. Bell" refId="ref233772" refString="McKenna, M. C., and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of mammals above the species level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp." year="1997">McKenna and Bell, 1997</bibRefCitation>
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||
). One Miocene occurrence, described from Africa, however, appreciably extends the fossil history of the group, if the identification proves true.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="950AD98B3F61AF60D8D58A715A49B92A" author="Lavocat, R." refId="ref205553" refString="Lavocat, R. 1978. Rodentia and Lagomorpha. Pp. 69 - 89, in Evolution of African mammals (V. J. Maglio and H. B. S. Cooke, eds.). Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 641 pp." year="1978">Lavocat (1978)</bibRefCitation>
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||
viewed
|
||
<taxonomicName id="76640C6910A806A21F48CEC341F0E4B5" authorityName="Lavocat" authorityYear="1973" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Protarsomys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="8D8E812ABB17CC28D6195A0506FB0AC0" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Protarsomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, early Miocene of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="5332D55EF4C37D08211CDD174B0C2239" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
|
||
, as close to the ancestry of Malagasy
|
||
<taxonomicName id="61D98FEF128DCA030097FE7BA59B8253" authorityName="Major" authorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Nesomyinae">Nesomyinae</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="E72E341AF80A36C97813485862F474E9" author="Chaline, J. & P. Mein & F. Petter" refId="ref57068" refString="Chaline, J., P. Mein, and F. Petter. 1977. Les grandes lignes d'une classification evolutive des Muroidea. Mammalia, 41: 245 - 252." year="1977">Chaline et al. (1977)</bibRefCitation>
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||
emphasized that relationship by placing the Miocene fossil in synonymy under extant
|
||
<taxonomicName id="9517DE5777C09FC5B6B2ADB6B0DFAE65" authorityName="Milne-Edwards and G. Grandidier" authorityYear="1898" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Macrotarsomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="E7111657F969C8C9C41A7E822AA9597B" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Macrotarsomys</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, as did F.
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||
<bibRefCitation id="C6EF389A2723D73EACC6672EDD27867E" author="Petter, F." refId="ref284478" refString="Petter, F. 1990. Relations de parente des rongeurs de Madagascar. Accademie Nazionale dei Lincei, Atti dei Convegni Lincei, 85: 829 - 837." year="1990">Petter (1990)</bibRefCitation>
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||
. Others have questioned so close an affinity and specifically disputed their generic equivalence (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="1C1255B0A330253D99A4249D87581AB7" author="Carleton, M. D. & S. M. Goodman" refId="ref51718" refString="Carleton, M. D., and S. M. Goodman. 1996. Systematic studies of Madagascar's endemic rodents (Muroidea: Nesomyinae): A new genus and species from the Central Highlands. Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 85: 231 - 256." year="1996">Carleton and Goodman, 1996:246-249</bibRefCitation>
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, 252).
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||
<taxonomicName id="680ADDC07DF4A415CDEDF996FFB2AE69" authorityName="Milne-Edwards and G. Grandidier" authorityYear="1898" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Macrotarsomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="AF7F59814F6013A6571E389384295201" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Macrotarsomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
represents a morphology that evolved in situ, coincident with formation of the island’s dry western landscapes. Whether
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B6898C63383E04F166D349821F961DE" authorityName="Lavocat" authorityYear="1973" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Protarsomys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="8B61AF7A82CDD351074F486A7D84EC8A" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Protarsomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is a distant phylogenetic relative to extant nesomyines must await additional critical review of Miocene taxa and-or future discoveries.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="9CF586A5C763CF2284D52518012F7003" authorityName="Major" authorityYear="1896" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Brachyuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="D6577AC74740DEEDCAE2AF1233287EDE" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Brachyuromys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, otherwise known only from the Recent of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6816427C395A7F3A6D295E54B91685D5" name="Madagascar">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
|
||
, was mistakenly recorded from the late Miocene of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="287D435AAD17DCA33BC26843CC67918B" name="Namibia">Namibia</collectingCountry>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="A4B956E4D147A7BCC90AFCFFE1A4C439" author="Conroy, G. C. & M. Pickford & B. Senut & J. Van Couvering & P. Mein" refId="ref65076" refString="Conroy, G. C., M. Pickford, B. Senut, J. Van Couvering, and P. Mein. 1992. Otavipithecus namibiensis, first Miocene hominoid from southern Africa. Nature, 356: 144 - 148." year="1992">Conroy et al., 1992</bibRefCitation>
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||
), together with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C7C096505CC123D4E6428A792C679597" authorityName="Lavocat" authorityYear="1952" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myocricetodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="07E3AC985302C272E46A6565FAFA723E" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Myocricetodon</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="2899C83CBEFE9FFF06C9921F5D5B527E" authorityName="Lavocat" authorityYear="1973" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Notocricetodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="FA3DDE445AD110C2546D4A3D9FC6AE14" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Notocricetodon</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B34C7EF9C79D411DF06688CD3A7C3816" authorityName="Lavocat" authorityYear="1973" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Protarsomys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="C8BF6E7821202BCB2AF80B9D2A09E948" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Protarsomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but this fossil was subsequently reidentified as an extinct spalacid genus,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0FD3D9593C2EFE6BDC7C3EA6BB067CB" authority="(Mein et al., 2000 a)" baseAuthorityName="Mein" baseAuthorityYear="2000" class="Mammalia" genus="Harasibomys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="5BB69886C020B8371A16BDE96D62B551" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Harasibomys</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="9F509937AD507059606D59007F40045F" author="Mein, P. & M. Pickford & B. Senut" refId="ref236653" refString="Mein, P., M. Pickford and B. Senut. 2000 a. Late Miocene micromammals from the Harasib karst deposits, Namibia. Part 1 -- Large muroids and non-muroid rodents. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, 12: 375 - 390." year="2000">
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Mein et al., 2000
|
||
<emphasis id="DFB21F7557D56753166C6B6D781D9F5F" italics="true" pageNumber="947">a</emphasis>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FD1479A6184F434C43B69F75CEC3BF74" author="Thomas, O." refId="ref353986" refString="Thomas, O. 1915. List of mammals (exclusive of Ungulata) collected on the Upper Congo by Dr. Christy for the Congo Museum, Tervueren. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 16: 465 - 481." year="1915">Thomas (1915)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
in erecting the replacement name
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<taxonomicName id="BF4CA409041BC14EFFA46D1D4EEA0CBB" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Plesiorycteropodidae" genus="Majoria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Afrosoricida" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="569FF1C053F09F40875625C470AE3535" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Majoria</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(for
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<taxonomicName id="A2C99839ACE52630BBE5FE5B44824D8E" authority="Major, 1908" authorityName="Major" authorityYear="1908" class="Mammalia" family="Plesiorycteropodidae" genus="Myoryctes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Afrosoricida" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="29411DF58F3DCE91845309DF6303148E" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Myoryctes</emphasis>
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Major, 1908
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</taxonomicName>
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) uncritically stated that it represented "a fossil Madagascan rodent," an association just as uncritically perpetuated by others (
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<bibRefCitation id="60E289F171D60A85977C54604E745554" author="Simpson, G. G." refId="ref328876" refString="Simpson, G. G. 1945. The principles of classification and a classification of mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 85: 1 - 350." year="1945">Simpson, 1945</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="167D7B5A43FB84C93D414586C83760D3" author="Vorontsov, N. N." refId="ref376646" refString="Vorontsov, N. N. 1959. [The system of hamsters (Cricetinae) in the sphere of the world fauna and their phylogenetic relations.] Byulleten' Moskovskovo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel Biologicheskii, 64: 134 - 137 (in Russian)." year="1959">Vorontsov, 1959</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="DE8F3A439380BEB45936C4015EC65191" author="Carleton, M. D. & G. G. Musser" refId="ref52182" refString="Carleton, M. D., and G. G. Musser. 1984. Muroid rodents. Pp. 289 - 379, in Orders and families of Recent mammals of the world (S. Anderson and J. K. Jones, Jr., eds.). John Wiley and Sons, New York, 686 pp." year="1984">Carleton and Musser, 1984</bibRefCitation>
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); the
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<typeStatus id="389D53A49A9DA07F6D1AEF509A750766">holotype</typeStatus>
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is an innominate bone of
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<taxonomicName id="2498B984C1DAEDF38B88046E7BFA2B4A" authorityName="Filhol" authorityYear="1895" class="Mammalia" family="Plesiorycteropodidae" genus="Plesiorycteropus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Afrosoricida" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="1FE18B93B4DBE5DAE19736C7FE136D2A" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Plesiorycteropus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, a member of the extinct order
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<taxonomicName id="655FA91165BDA36457CE598671DB7D3A" order="Bibymalagasia" rank="order">Bibymalagasia</taxonomicName>
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(see
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<bibRefCitation id="6F17422E7A748BBF989578A9706AC4A1" author="MacPhee, R. D. E." refId="ref220624" refString="MacPhee, R. D. E. 1994. Morphology, adaptations, and relationships of Plesiorycteropus, and a diagnosis of a new order of eutherian mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 220: 1 - 214." year="1994">MacPhee, 1994</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="713A2ED5619186EF5A09EE54480186D3" pageNumber="947">
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Ellerman (1949) provided the first critical synopsis of nesomyine taxa, with subsequent descriptions and taxonomic arrangements updated by F.
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<bibRefCitation id="F4C6F27519DEEEA1DA11797412C99958" author="Petter, F." refId="ref283903" refString="Petter, F. 1972 c. The rodents of Madagascar: The seven genera of Malagasy rodents. Pp. 661 - 666, in Biogeography and ecology in Madagascar (R. Battistini and G. Richard-Vincard, eds.). Monographiae Biologicae, 21: 1 - 765." year="1972">
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Petter (1972
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<emphasis id="A6F9D958B1E1F6C4F911F664DDBDEE08" italics="true" pageNumber="947">c</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="ED229C44C1B8C54DC2731D808BF17376" author="Petter, F." refId="ref284076" refString="Petter, F. 1975 a. Family Cricetidae: Subfamily Nesomyinae, Part 6.2. Pp. 1 - 4, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.) [issued 10 Dec 1975]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated." year="1975">
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1975
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<emphasis id="EF705CC11BCBC42502F2D86E690FE30E" italics="true" pageNumber="947">a</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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). Resurgence in field and museum studies over the past decade has vastly improved taxonomic, distributional, and ecological knowledge of nesomyines (
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<bibRefCitation id="78FA9608EE14DBF66679C0AE9E6D7259" author="Carleton, M. D." refId="ref51576" refString="Carleton, M. D. 1994. Systematic studies of Madagascar's endemic rodents (Muroidea: Nesomyinae): Revision of the genus Eliurus. American Museum Novitates, 3087: 1 - 55." year="1994">Carleton, 1994</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="3AEDE612350F87537FD49596A6E8F617" author="Carleton, M. D. & S. M. Goodman" refId="ref51718" refString="Carleton, M. D., and S. M. Goodman. 1996. Systematic studies of Madagascar's endemic rodents (Muroidea: Nesomyinae): A new genus and species from the Central Highlands. Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 85: 231 - 256." year="1996">Carleton and Goodman, 1996</bibRefCitation>
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, 1998, 2000;
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<bibRefCitation id="F28DA6F1EEE6136D1ADABE9430ED4FCD" author="Carleton, M. D. & D. F. Schmidt" refId="ref52483" refString="Carleton, M. D., and D. F. Schmidt. 1990. Systematic studies of Madagascar's endemic rodents (Muroidea: Nesomyinae): An annotated gazetteer of collecting localities of known forms. American Museum Novitates, 2987: 1 - 36." year="1990">Carleton and Schmidt, 1990</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="57C9C8F6403B492CE236152AEC15961E" author="Carleton, M. D. & S. M. Goodman" refId="ref51718" refString="Carleton, M. D., and S. M. Goodman. 1996. Systematic studies of Madagascar's endemic rodents (Muroidea: Nesomyinae): A new genus and species from the Central Highlands. Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 85: 231 - 256." year="1996">Goodman and Carleton, 1996</bibRefCitation>
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, 1998;
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<bibRefCitation id="004F9074F0A19D3B82E44B95D8630F11" author="Goodman, S. M. & V. Soarimalala" refId="ref124896" refString="Goodman, S. M., and V. Soarimalala. 2002. Les petits mammiferes de la Reserve Speciale de Manongarivo, Madagascar. Boissiera, 59: 383 - 401." year="2002">Goodman and Soarimalala, 2002</bibRefCitation>
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; Goodman et al., 1996, 1999
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<emphasis id="14326FD1AD4E62D4FE9ECC5E964B8897" italics="true" pageNumber="947">b</emphasis>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="55AA33AAC8421B5C4F35A09564C3B77B" author="Ryan, J. M. & G. K. Creighton & L. H. Emmons" refId="ref313114" refString="Ryan, J. M., G. K. Creighton, and L. H. Emmons. 1993. Activity patterns of two species of Nesomys (Muridae: Nesomyinae) in a Madagascar rain forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 9: 101 - 107." year="1993">Ryan et al., 1993</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="126132F6EA546A2A5E4E32FD9D694D87" author="Soarimalala, V. & S. M. Goodman & H. Ramiarinjanahary & L. L. Fenohery & W. Rakotonirina" refId="ref332391" refString="Soarimalala, V., S. M. Goodman, H. Ramiarinjanahary, L. L. Fenohery, and W. Rakotonirina. 2001. Les micro-mammiferes non-volants du Parc National de Ranomafana et du couloir forestier qui le relie au Parc National d'Andringitra. Pp. 197 - 229, in Inventaire biologique du Parc National de Ranomafana et du couloir forestier qui le relie au Parc National d'Andringitra (S. M. Goodman and V. R. Razafindratsita, eds.). Recherches pour les Developpement, Serie Sciences Biologiques, 17: xii + 243 pp." year="2001">Soarimalala et al., 2001</bibRefCitation>
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), as summarized for all species in
|
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<bibRefCitation id="484591461BC775EA8B02E33A5BCDCF2F" author="Goodman, S. M. & J. P. Benstead" refId="ref124486" refString="Goodman, S. M., and J. P. Benstead (eds.). 2003. Natural History of Madagascar. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, xxi + 1709 pp." year="2003">Goodman and Benstead (2003)</bibRefCitation>
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. Conservation concerns associated with introduced
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<taxonomicName id="6C9BBC0131CE42F722542FB8FCDF2099" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B5C5A98A0B1DAFAC3036F322F940184C" italics="true" pageNumber="947">Rattus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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populations and their impact upon native rodents discussed by
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<bibRefCitation id="2DEB5204F17F2ABB74665AA87A978A27" author="Goodman, S. M." refId="ref124456" refString="Goodman, S. M. 1995. Rattus on Madagascar and the dilemma of protecting the endemic rodent fauna. Conservation Biology, 9: 450 - 453." year="1995">Goodman (1995)</bibRefCitation>
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</paragraph>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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