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<emphasis id="78925E520285EAFE0B737B972BC51674" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) microtis</emphasis>
Noack 1887
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<emphasis id="8F7B5F50CFEF31EF88689F1C82EF7EAC" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) microtis</emphasis>
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="D7B7FB97DA068CB5C15D9CCBD9C4B340" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="825">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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Dem. Rep.
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, Marungu, Qua Mpala
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.
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.
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(Frechkop 1947)
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;
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<emphasis id="4693E122DDF1999FBEB55BA8A327BCE8" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) butleri</emphasis>
Dollman 1912
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<emphasis id="03A9D62E5AD72883177DB53DC5FB6200" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) etoschae</emphasis>
(
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)
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;
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<emphasis id="CBFF58968F26E90386CA476C762DF2A1" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) griselda</emphasis>
Schwann 1906
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;
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<emphasis id="EFC4AFB3AFBD173A1F974FC46016EF5F" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) littoralis</emphasis>
(
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;
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<emphasis id="526172A6C3768CA7DC1C5986D9946853" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) marrensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="805D6926AA67E90FC181BEC586B55F6C" authority="(Wagner 1845)" baseAuthorityName="Wagner" baseAuthorityYear="1845" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="825" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="orobinus" subGenus="Graphiurus">
<emphasis id="AE20BB9BE41EBB2CAB4758566702D286" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) orobinus</emphasis>
(Wagner 1845)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="238D85BD8A39D5E210321B24E88DF9A2" authority="Roberts 1913" authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1913" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="825" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pretoriae" subGenus="Graphiurus">
<emphasis id="4E9B0492DDC3B0A91D410F9EA0C65B3B" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) pretoriae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="C37FA097440452B9061C9168FF628C5E" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306451" refString="Roberts, A. 1913. The collection of mammals in the Transvaal Museum. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 4: 65 - 107." year="1913">Roberts 1913</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="2E91B0510C72DDDE20990DB77EBE4237" authority="(Roberts 1938)" baseAuthorityName="Roberts" baseAuthorityYear="1938" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="825" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="schneideri" subGenus="Graphiurus">
<emphasis id="7AE6F28B8D71702477FB5BAAEA91D605" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) schneideri</emphasis>
(
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)
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;
<taxonomicName id="2A27A47D3FE9FE503979B12CBBBCD521" authority="(Thomas 1893)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1893" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="825" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="smithii" subGenus="Graphiurus">
<emphasis id="0882942FA0512D8D3CB23170AD3DA2B3" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) smithii</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="AB137F30165FFE8EF5A7B28844B41398" author="Thomas, O." refId="ref351992" refString="Thomas, O. 1893. On some new Bornean mammalia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, 11: 341 - 347." year="1893">Thomas 1893</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
;
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<emphasis id="D017D8EF9425391067826A11044A2813" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) streeteri</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="C0AB525A69A4848EBC52FD6E48E0411C" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306451" refString="Roberts, A. 1913. The collection of mammals in the Transvaal Museum. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 4: 65 - 107." year="1913">Roberts 1913</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="556D6670DE2E1D01AD62276231A78BFD" authority="Setzer 1953" authorityName="Setzer" authorityYear="1953" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="825" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sudanensis" subGenus="Graphiurus">
<emphasis id="FCEB458E1A30A6FBF1FBAF11100AC085" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) sudanensis</emphasis>
Setzer 1953
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;
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<emphasis id="70202B273D7F013E61B61C3B5D693566" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) tzaneenensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8568572BE8E5C1370C3F578257AB8530" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306451" refString="Roberts, A. 1913. The collection of mammals in the Transvaal Museum. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 4: 65 - 107." year="1913">Roberts 1913</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="74D04F94FE098448C2D90E6234B887B7" authority="(Roberts 1929)" baseAuthorityName="Roberts" baseAuthorityYear="1929" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="825" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vandami" subGenus="Graphiurus">
<emphasis id="B0BDE5A6ED958F776BF26C411457264A" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) vandami</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="836A918B2AE7A47950BB6004589B335F" 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="CBD4E620DB510EB5F61B02004CB7E766" authority="Dollman 1910" authorityName="Dollman" authorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="825" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="woosnami" subGenus="Graphiurus">
<emphasis id="216BE6AFCE7F0296F734C506DDE3F910" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus (Graphiurus) woosnami</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1F935E6BD3486D5CB04A39EA7F1BAEFD" author="Dollman, G." refId="ref87495" refString="Dollman, G. 1910. Two new African mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 6: 226 - 230." year="1910">Dollman 1910</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="4141C20F5BD372CBEA0FFB52E07F07BD" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="825">Distribution:</emphasis>
SubSaharan Africa excluding West Africa:
<collectingCountry id="72F8BBAD3D731B36E88773BA5132F6FF" name="Chad">Chad</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="459955F5B938F8C5C6854191886EF65A" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="15E011E7F6204D22451D2446E616C0B1" author="Setzer, H. W." refId="ref324018" refString="Setzer, H. W. 1956. Mammals of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 106 (3377): 447 - 587." year="1956">Setzer, 1956</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="DA99B8AADEC765AA9038C53E14937950" name="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="AF74E01FFE1DC2EDEC562A80AAA940E3" author="Corbet, G. B. &amp; D. W. Yalden" refId="ref68078" refString="Corbet, G. B., and D. W. Yalden. 1972. Recent records of mammals (other than bats) from Ethiopia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series, 22 (8): 213 - 252." year="1972">Corbet and Yalden, 1972</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="7D834ED9ADCB38F49A76DEFEC68FF597" author="Yalden, D. W. &amp; M. J. Largen &amp; D. Kock &amp; J. C. Hillman" refId="ref397425" refString="Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, D. Kock and J. C. Hillman. 1996. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia and Eritrea. 7. Revised checklist, zoogeography and conservation. Tropical Zoology, 9: 73 - 164." year="1996">Yalden et al., 1996</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="AE1AD0DB4FE9E4A7E85B69B7F9CF0073" name="Uganda">Uganda</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="BCDA80FE86D8D168BFBB19F2816CFBA8" author="Delany, M. J." refId="ref79476" refString="Delany, M. J. 1975. The rodents of Uganda. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 165 pp." year="1975">Delany, 1975</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="ABB0AA50DD2A090318CB357AD1353858" name="Rwanda">Rwanda</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="A5AFE85F9C871EA22B5865666E1F746B" author="Geider, M. &amp; D. Kock" refId="ref116017" refString="Geider, M., and D. Kock. 1991. Kleinsauger im Nebelwaldgebiet des Foret de Nyungwe, Rwanda. Natur und Museum, 121 (7): 210 - 216." year="1991">Geider and Kock, 1991</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="D3E64D7B98AAB73208B216CD8FA87A18" author="Misonne, X." refId="ref243214" refString="Misonne, X. 1965 b. Rongeurs. Exploration du Parc National de la Kagera, Deuxieme Serie, 1 (3): 77 - 118." year="1965">
Misonne, 1965
<emphasis id="9AED304847C1D0D4450D504404674158" italics="true" pageNumber="825">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="A40EA81784C433E90628159A6F698E95" author="Monfort, A." refId="ref245336" refString="Monfort, A. 1992. Premiere liste commentee des mammiferes du Rwanda. Journal of African Zoology, 106 (2): 141 - 151." year="1992">Monfort, 1992</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="D9B1F6EABB432B0370FAF5B1A4B3D17F" author="Verschuren, J." refId="ref371158" refString="Verschuren, J. 1987. Liste commentee des Mammiferes des Parcs Nationaux du Zaire, du Rwanda et du Burundi. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie, 57: 17 - 39." year="1987">Verschuren, 1987</bibRefCitation>
Parc National de lAkagera, as
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<emphasis id="7673598075C8B1D78845CD8BB68B058C" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. murinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
),
<collectingCountry id="F546AB41FEAA170CCB6C4A8A48071F34" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="EE627AF37CC9A233216109B4833E4EB9" name="Tanzania">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="23C21FBA3EDA28EC16625BBC8BF54B88" author="Hatt, R. T." refId="ref142600" refString="Hatt, R. T. 1940 b. Mammals collected by the Rockefeller-Murphy Expedition to Tanganyika Territory and the eastern Belgian Congo. American Museum Novitates, 1070: 1 - 8." year="1940">
Hatt, 1940
<emphasis id="9C0E7D641EE9DB4F71D9353DEE925233" italics="true" pageNumber="825">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="1C3DE496987C7C6D05FA98A6B1FE867C" author="Swynnerton, G. H. &amp; R. W. Hayman" refId="ref345567" refString="Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20 (6): 274 - 392." year="1951">Swynnerton and Hayman, 1951</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="BEBD7DE1EF0E0C643AC88478D1E08F96" name="Mozambique">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
(Smithers and Lobão Tello, 1976),
<collectingCountry id="0F9FBD5F6203C7B5956C481126EB6D31" name="Malawi">Malawi</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="30522617467FE91CE5E408CDC6257AA0" 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>
), S Dem. Rep.
<collectingCountry id="1F7523D926C3A07F451D936B69C0F971" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="76A2FDD4B9DFF86C65720AB3BC429320" author="Verschuren, J." refId="ref371158" refString="Verschuren, J. 1987. Liste commentee des Mammiferes des Parcs Nationaux du Zaire, du Rwanda et du Burundi. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie, 57: 17 - 39." year="1987">Verschuren, 1987</bibRefCitation>
Parc National de lUpemba, as
<taxonomicName id="2774EDD385C86033992218CE6E126044" baseAuthorityName="Desmarest" baseAuthorityYear="1822" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus">
<emphasis id="F50E1A4C3594D973911B7EF371E05DD5" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. murinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
),
<collectingCountry id="6787322C897B2381ECA7B915CA6851BB" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D962B773D8ABAEB97F32503825D72CCE" 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="F7DBB59EEE3368A88A91C577ED2ABF6C" name="Botswana">Botswana</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="228351FDFF19DF16A79EE4A4AFCE7B67" 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="5D8D918E9D80288CA11980CEEF367F80" name="Namibia">Namibia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="603E62DD5D0807D0FD268BCAFC64562E" name="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6821FE6782CF35E5B9CD811320A53317" 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>
) and
<collectingCountry id="23629E93C9ED70E26416A4BE6C4C1499" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="0FCB036BCE4B57536FF2B00428FCAD00" author="Lynch, C. D." refId="ref218992" refString="Lynch, C. D. 1983. The mammals of the Orange Free State. Memoirs van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein, 18: 1 - 218." year="1983">Lynch, 1983</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="1F8A8A3144851C507982D015D6CB7EEA" author="Lynch, C. D." refId="ref219067" refString="Lynch, C. D. 1989. The mammals of the North-Eastern Cape Province. Memoirs van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein, 25: 1 - 116." year="1989">1989</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="DBA21A5B3F400DB0CD473D4981C8A770" author="Lynch, C. D." refId="ref219096" refString="Lynch, C. D. 1994. The mammals of Lesotho. Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein, 10 (4): 177 - 241." year="1994">1994</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="C063F774A48FBA6DA9C3C73C95B18148" author="Rautenbach, I. L." refId="ref298661" refString="Rautenbach, I. L. 1982. Mammals of the Transvaal. Ecoplan Monograph 1. Ecoplan, Pretoria, 211 pp." year="1982">Rautenbach, 1982</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="BFB324D2C28C6B48D29B223BB58FA981" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306581" refString="Roberts, A. 1951. The mammals of South Africa. Trustees of &quot; The mammals of South Africa &quot; book fund, Johannesburg, 700 pp." year="1951">Roberts, 1951</bibRefCitation>
; Taylor, 1998;
<bibRefCitation id="49FB90735A4D0347FE033028511CE5C4" author="Taylor, P. J. &amp; E. J. Richardson &amp; J. Meester &amp; L. Wingate" refId="ref349222" refString="Taylor, P. J., E. J. Richardson, J. Meester, and L. Wingate. 1994 a. New distribution records for six small mammal species in Natal, with notes on their taxonomy and ecology. Durban Museum Novitates, 19: 59 - 66." year="1994">
Taylor et al., 1994
<emphasis id="21C09724BA6189BF99724E8667616991" italics="true" pageNumber="825">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
, as
<taxonomicName id="3E317EDAC8F430174A6CC503FFC3AD46" baseAuthorityName="Desmarest" baseAuthorityYear="1822" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus">
<emphasis id="3A96BF844449214FBB6294CAAF1E13F0" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G</emphasis>
. cf.
<emphasis id="9F615177F885D58A019CE66099D800B7" italics="true" pageNumber="825">murinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (for Southern Africa see
<bibRefCitation id="12B0C866058891BC114BD586EBEBE10B" author="de Graaff, G." refId="ref77573" refString="de Graaff, G. 1981. The rodents of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban, 267 pp." year="1981">de Graaff, 1981</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="3319AB0B143589405DD51C86BBBC5A0F" author="Smithers, R. H. N." refId="ref331906" refString="Smithers, R. H. N. 1983. The mammals of the Southern African Subregion. University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, 736 pp." year="1983">Smithers, 1983</bibRefCitation>
). In some of these regional works,
<taxonomicName id="A143983DCB25D5B0F8AF5DFD8911991E" authorityName="Noack" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microtis">
<emphasis id="7FB39F8AD067E2DBBC5ACBE0232A531C" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. microtis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is included in
<taxonomicName id="9AD2181B97D7CED7E238D2C318973C1F" baseAuthorityName="Desmarest" baseAuthorityYear="1822" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus">
<emphasis id="57AE350FB5D7AA665970ADE8DEFB08FA" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. murinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; thus the mapped localities and natural history data are a composite for both species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F4DD7DCEB15C0509A3C306D96142BECC" pageNumber="825" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="B6EBAD761EC6B705491B33510552C5A2" pageNumber="825">
<emphasis id="A83A86859FE22529B18191A1A041BD51" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="825">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="B40653E0F17325F3798628870342CCB1">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="BAC52B9A4EE1095CA79A9FD7D8201692" pageNumber="825" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="EDC7D9458441E9D60DB86F199006F9D2" pageNumber="825">
<emphasis id="610341D05E6E8377DF811263173A10D7" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="825">Discussion:</emphasis>
<paragraph id="62C747A71B742CF70C77A5F28FF49A9D" pageNumber="825">
Subgenus
<taxonomicName id="DE2F5D4734CD61CA0F41AD0DF4B4F3B9" authorityName="Smuts" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="55ECFE433F6075EB4BBE2BE1507D01F6" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In concordance with
<bibRefCitation id="8347C039E6A17B3B35927D2129DFB4DD" author="Ansell, W. F. H." refId="ref11312" refString="Ansell, W. F. H. 1989 b. Mammals from Malawi: Part II. Nyala, 13 (1 / 2): 41 - 65." year="1989">
Ansell (1989
<emphasis id="E5722CCE743AE9D8E5DEC1C3D7A7E8CC" italics="true" pageNumber="825">b</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="F54957C6FA054DBD881FC047774A2A23" 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>
,
<taxonomicName id="541A24C3F0BA414E46F34291A0F360D8" authorityName="Noack" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microtis">
<emphasis id="5B8108DD0AB6ECCF956BA24E4BEF3B23" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. microtis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is recognized as a species distinct from
<taxonomicName id="C92906DC95241BB2E0E8102C7BE6A806" baseAuthorityName="Desmarest" baseAuthorityYear="1822" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus">
<emphasis id="19EA82EE04FE1C4E0BCEFD4C62BD6635" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. murinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="B7E29DE5854293C0653989BDC21A37E5" author="Holden, M. E." refId="ref156452" refString="Holden, M. E. 1993. Family Myoxidae. Pp. 763 - 770, in Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp." year="1993">Holden (1993)</bibRefCitation>
did not attempt to separate the synonyms associated with
<taxonomicName id="D5386446D2D355D256997329DDD71E9A" baseAuthorityName="Desmarest" baseAuthorityYear="1822" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus">
<emphasis id="227049A19F3B7C565B97EF78FB824139" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. murinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4327DFE7FE2EFF3C5BDDA4617F7F0685" authorityName="Noack" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microtis">
<emphasis id="55739BBC5BB1FDFC8617CAF2B0CD8EBB" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. microtis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. My improved provisional arrangement here results from further examination of specimens, data and preliminary multivariate analyses, but is no substitute for a much needed careful revision of the
<taxonomicName id="85FE2962C8C4FD6A6199EE31A225D03E" authorityName="Noack" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microtis">
<emphasis id="8DCE1C7EB2AB99F0AE1F70731F773E96" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. microtis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="D440B4364A2B57FC2A50A485229C5100" baseAuthorityName="Desmarest" baseAuthorityYear="1822" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus">
<emphasis id="08F120DAA87A4EA0FE31B06EAA82C1EC" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. murinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species groups.
<taxonomicName id="655098F6C40D27CBB918951123CCDA4A" authorityName="Noack" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microtis">
<emphasis id="9A99578DB63FCF0D24808AC11069D3BE" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus microtis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a grade of savannah African dormouse; significant geographic variation exists, and it is likely that at least two species are contained within
<taxonomicName id="291A10EF31A886BCA5ABC000D58FEB30" authorityName="Noack" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microtis">
<emphasis id="03A74134A45894786375AAAE3CD111F0" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. microtis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as understood here.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="63F6A8CD2F96526799B7AC2E5FFCA3DD" pageNumber="825">
I examined the
<typeStatus id="B312A338795DDAA3C6E87E07FACC7499">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="34E0CAB4B233559D149E37EA617AD07E" baseAuthorityName="Wagner" baseAuthorityYear="1845" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="orobinus">
<emphasis id="273B3051949C81C050D98EEA7B5DF4D4" italics="true" pageNumber="825">orobinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and concluded that it could conceivably be
<taxonomicName id="509CDE406C1DE1990ABF0F3ACA0462B5" baseAuthorityName="True" baseAuthorityYear="1893" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="parvus">
<emphasis id="FD3D104C6708D4EAD6223A5E41303A14" italics="true" pageNumber="825">parvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but most likely represents
<taxonomicName id="3ECFCE49412C3268C98636CB75DCEF7B" authorityName="Noack" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microtis">
<emphasis id="66025C9B6C4DEC3D9D311DF25AFB1523" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. microtis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. If so,
<taxonomicName id="E14223C8057CE0B70916CFEED0F27592" baseAuthorityName="Wagner" baseAuthorityYear="1845" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="orobinus">
<emphasis id="1ABD7BC68C5A8F2AB05BC716E953249F" italics="true" pageNumber="825">orobinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
would have priority over
<taxonomicName id="44E313F6F1D99A853CA99B9A771A26F2" authorityName="Noack" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microtis">
<emphasis id="248801914C7203E1BEFABEAA5557BED5" italics="true" pageNumber="825">microtis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and be the correct name for the species, but the young age and poor condition of the
<typeStatus id="CB545F2497F3CE30C5F9FA5C68311474">holotype</typeStatus>
makes positive identification difficult. Once an adequate molecular sampling of species of
<taxonomicName id="87C3509F9DB5261CFBA4DEB04AEBC48F" authorityName="Smuts" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C24FC8B9B2DADC6C6E2B1E335AA262CD" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been obtained, a sample from the
<typeStatus id="F4203E1E626864FAEDB788953BE89596">holotype</typeStatus>
for molecular analyses might allow definitive allocation of
<taxonomicName id="364DC39CE57D0444EC36A89896A9ABCA" baseAuthorityName="Wagner" baseAuthorityYear="1845" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="orobinus">
<emphasis id="5765FAFEE439B57BEC9C14BC86C5A591" italics="true" pageNumber="825">orobinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The
<typeStatus id="402B6131FA95E3DB747A29059F581832">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="EDE6DB79E4A63E74BB1B34D303F3F682" authorityName="Noack" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microtis">
<emphasis id="7CAAB1EE45D7F04D6E6B0252497E82D1" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. microtis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is lost. Dorsal, lateral and ventral views of the skull were figured in
<bibRefCitation id="EDC804606284A807F03EBEB41297953A" author="Noack, R." refId="ref261991" refString="Noack, R. 1887. Beitrage zur kenntniss der saugethier-fauna von Ost- und Central-Afrika. Zoologische Jahrbucher, 2: 246 - 248." year="1887">Noack (1887)</bibRefCitation>
. Those drawings, and the dimensions given in the accompanying description, make it clear that Noack was describing a Large Savannah African Dormouse.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F64CFE12720A6689223CE87F172D0145" pageNumber="825">
Photograph of live animal provided in
<bibRefCitation id="19EB09B0FB3F6787456658E08D7596A7" author="Geider, M. &amp; D. Kock" refId="ref116017" refString="Geider, M., and D. Kock. 1991. Kleinsauger im Nebelwaldgebiet des Foret de Nyungwe, Rwanda. Natur und Museum, 121 (7): 210 - 216." year="1991">Geider and Kock (1991)</bibRefCitation>
. Reviewed by
<bibRefCitation id="30DC5D02FAE8002920C66D0074CB28B4" author="Rossolimo, O. L. &amp; E. G. Potapova &amp; I. Ya. Pavlinov &amp; S. V. Kruskop &amp; O. V. Voltzit" refId="ref310966" refString="Rossolimo, O. L., E. G. Potapova, I. Ya. Pavlinov, S. V. Kruskop, and O. V. Voltzit. 2001. [Dormice (Myoxidae) of the World.] Sbornik Trudov Zoologicheskogo Muzeya MGU 42: 1 - 232 (in Russian with English summary)." year="2001">Rossolimo et al. (2001)</bibRefCitation>
, though some populations of
<taxonomicName id="7CF4A00172AEBF517F4A04789393543B" authorityName="Noack" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microtis">
<emphasis id="C0746D70D68873ED64FDAD360D560C5B" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. microtis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are included under their account of
<taxonomicName id="551060B66608B5D8952CD00A2B510F51" baseAuthorityName="Desmarest" baseAuthorityYear="1822" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus">
<emphasis id="9D6B9D7E66757711760D1511FF213E11" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. murinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and by
<bibRefCitation id="119BC80BB006FFF39C7732647798124C" author="Holden, M. E." refId="ref156623" refString="Holden, M. E. In Press. Gliridae. In The Mammals of Africa. Volume 3 (D. C. D. Happold, J. Kingdon, T. M. Butynski, eds.). Academic Press, London." year="In">Holden (In</bibRefCitation>
Press). Late Quaternary fossils of
<taxonomicName id="3F4114EDA98705EC5268638D87B8F830" authorityName="Noack" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microtis">
<emphasis id="90210000644C17BFB1B768D9CE2A1516" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. microtis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from C
<collectingCountry id="407BD05B4D9429D6BCA21AC9233C1FF4" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
recorded by
<bibRefCitation id="6066BACF958495BED79C403D45CA09CE" author="Avery, D. M." refId="ref16011" refString="Avery, D. M. 1996. Late Quaternary micromammals from Mumbwa Caves, Zambia. Journal of African Zoology, 110 (3): 221 - 234." year="1996">Avery (1996)</bibRefCitation>
. Specimens reported as
<taxonomicName id="FE43BC4CA3F8479914C0E28869F19015" baseAuthorityName="Desmarest" baseAuthorityYear="1822" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murinus">
<emphasis id="7602BD76EA0F3693642771A87A14BC86" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. cf. murinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="3FA6C8D36F581153DB4A136D41C9DAAB" name="Swaziland">Swaziland</collectingCountry>
and NE
<collectingCountry id="6BEEDEBD381712D4F6F48E6303F98972" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
by
<bibRefCitation id="BE5BF0D7186122021C4544B65D0DE8DF" author="Taylor, P. J. &amp; E. J. Richardson &amp; J. Meester &amp; L. Wingate" refId="ref349222" refString="Taylor, P. J., E. J. Richardson, J. Meester, and L. Wingate. 1994 a. New distribution records for six small mammal species in Natal, with notes on their taxonomy and ecology. Durban Museum Novitates, 19: 59 - 66." year="1994">
Taylor et al. (1994
<emphasis id="83918AF7805666DF9B61D6365FB21BE8" italics="true" pageNumber="825">a</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
probably represent a population of
<taxonomicName id="C78281E9E243237A94F4BD8F49F99480" authorityName="Noack" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microtis">
<emphasis id="BF435CB7C7293910FADBEB0EB6B65F35" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. microtis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, based on their descriptions of cranial and skin characters.
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<emphasis id="B6711999EDBA690577ADB6C37B338816" italics="true" pageNumber="825">Graphiurus microtis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is sympatric with
<taxonomicName id="A21F4E057E3F5E6262388D2E587E9541" authorityName="Reuvens" authorityYear="1890" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kelleni">
<emphasis id="907BD770787039221097425E9675E29D" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. kelleni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
over much of its range. See comments under
<taxonomicName id="F88CC0382FDC8AF557C7B274FDCC76CA" baseAuthorityName="de Winton" baseAuthorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="angolensis">
<emphasis id="5462B2E79EDBE00609394DA448EB6930" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. angolensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
regarding its relationship to
<taxonomicName id="52FE0BE068C70205662075BDA08DBB5F" authorityName="Noack" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" genus="Graphiurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microtis">
<emphasis id="AD77092D5D71F42DEC4525EA8D233C5E" italics="true" pageNumber="825">G. microtis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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.
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