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<emphasis id="B77F51A1A92F9CD55A11A556590B4084" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys lukolelae</emphasis>
Hatt 1934
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<treatmentCitation id="67773A493B73192DD2947E1DEEF33EEC" author="Hatt" authority="Hatt 1934" authorityName="Hatt" authorityYear="1934" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" journal="Am. Mus. Novit." kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="13" pageNumber="1447" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lukolelae" title="Praomys lukolelae" volume="708" year="1934">
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<emphasis id="E1EC5B0A063EB34E95468AEAA5757194" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys lukolelae</emphasis>
Hatt 1934
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,
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Am.
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. Novit., 708: 13
</bibCitation>
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.
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<emphasis id="FFD160488834C00AD644943870CA9DB0" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1447">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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Dem. Rep.
<collectingCountry id="B23EAB1011252D5834C871AA04B33F7F" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="821EE3D4148E1D362F84E1FC1E453B19" name="Ecuador">Equateur</collectingCountry>
, Lukolela.
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<paragraph id="FD0A29C44F065D2DE63784CDBD8BF0E2" pageNumber="1447">
<emphasis id="8998D8E7B3B85E6BCE22F70FDAB9664C" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1447">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="9F33C06B4D70736F9B7326274FE4A5D5" language="eng" pageNumber="1447">Lukolela Praomys</vernacularName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2B81FC11017DF50B43811CD121B8E9DC" pageNumber="1447">
<emphasis id="D1FB9922150979A54FEECD7B0A237274" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1447">Distribution:</emphasis>
N Dem. Rep.
<collectingCountry id="EB682FD0D6321806655EF81CA018B066" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
; recorded from the type locality and Kisangani region in
<collectingRegion id="7E90D3E615A3FE476BBBDC77B90EDA71" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" name="Orientale">Orientale</collectingRegion>
(specimens in
<collectionCode id="F68CADCA599F498E196415FF0CF64FD4">UCA</collectionCode>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A043672C8A2B84304ABE9E6DD93343B4" pageNumber="1447">
<emphasis id="BD288361C50E268A31D6ED80773A5595" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1447">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="F00CCEDF4A238EFFD2F3167FA5499CCA">IUCN</collectionCode>
– Near Threatened as
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<emphasis id="A44744AA0A14420C8C255446706E9F0E" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Malacomys lukolelae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<paragraph id="22F9BD1FC56847C0D4C2E1CFA4DE47C5" pageNumber="1447">
<emphasis id="9DCD089C6F889A43ED08EB7C2D6C5C96" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1447">Discussion:</emphasis>
<paragraph id="FBB208962718920DAB2A1985964A7974" pageNumber="1447">
F.
<bibRefCitation id="BDC46F1DDC1BE27928418AE6AD1977AA" author="Petter, F." refId="ref284206" refString="Petter, F. 1975 c. Les Praomys de Republique Centrafricaine (Rongeurs, Murides). Mammalia, 39: 51 - 56." year="1975">
Petter (1975
<emphasis id="DFFADBD187B499B78A142D6DD8CF1DA4" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">c</emphasis>
)
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and Chevret et al. (1994) recorded
<taxonomicName id="98AC0FCD70F693DE6536F89B498B616D" baseAuthorityName="Hatt" baseAuthorityYear="1934" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Malacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lukolelae">
<emphasis id="A0D11CCC672603572C8569C3911DBC88" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">P. lukolelae</emphasis>
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from the
<collectingCountry id="968052931975FB2DAAEC96CA2BA23FF3" name="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</collectingCountry>
, but the specimens we have seen from that series represent an undescribed species of
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<emphasis id="06CDAE82ACEC4EEF0B490D19176C9097" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the
<taxonomicName id="86145BD2552D82325242B0AC7789153F" baseAuthorityName="G. M. Allen and Loveridge" baseAuthorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tullbergi">
<emphasis id="CBAE92459449582C88B7381F716E0F0E" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">P. tullbergi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group (see also
<bibRefCitation id="E290C8C76BD4ABFEC586EC0942CC8A4A" author="Lecompte, E. &amp; C. Denys &amp; L. Granjon" refId="ref208472" refString="Lecompte, E., C. Denys, and L. Granjon. 2001. An identification key for the species within the genus Praomys (Rodentia: Muridae). Pp. 127 - 139, in African small mammals (C. Denys, L. Granjon, and A. Poulet, eds.). IRD Editions, Collection Colloques et Seminaires, Paris, 570 pp." year="2001">Lecompte et al., 2001</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="BB75DD909BA85D233F3F61F9A5F5CDFE" author="Lecompte, E. &amp; L. Granjon &amp; C. Denys" refId="ref208545" refString="Lecompte, E., L. Granjon, and C. Denys. 2002 a. The phylogeny of the Praomys complex (Rodentia: Muridae) and its phylogeographic implications. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 40: 8 - 25." year="2002">
2002
<emphasis id="C5AA7E9EE390FE819A054B766E9384E1" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">a</emphasis>
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,
<emphasis id="44C7425F957D7FD2130710FE18281ED6" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">b</emphasis>
) that has now been described as
<taxonomicName id="BF9822EFBD564111633AFDCE0A3889AE" authorityName="Van der Straeten, Lecompte, and Denys" authorityYear="2003" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="petteri">
<emphasis id="88237A5A6BCDCB20C560F3B4FC9C3FDA" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">P. petteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see that account). Up to 1990,
<taxonomicName id="4167D07FF06130CBD4C0CEA725866521" baseAuthorityName="Hatt" baseAuthorityYear="1934" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Malacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lukolelae">
<emphasis id="5937C34EE46E85FB104D2058C35F91EC" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">P. lukolelae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was represented only by the
<specimenCount id="BC740B62EFC03EE112EC440D5928752D" type="generic">three specimens</specimenCount>
in the type series (
<bibRefCitation id="1D9C73B6E71E9FA1DB74EE964AC293EF" author="Van der Straeten, E. &amp; A. M. Dudu" refId="ref364630" refString="Van der Straeten, E., and A. M. Dudu. 1990. Systematics and distribution of Praomys from the Masako Forest Reserve (Zaire), with the description of a new species. Pp. 73 - 83, in Vertebrates in the tropics (G. Peters and R. Hutterer, eds.). Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, 424 pp." year="1990">Van der Straeten and Dudu, 1990</bibRefCitation>
), but we have examined
<specimenCount id="1E6358038CD9038F9B3B1950394E1AD5" type="generic">90 specimens</specimenCount>
from the Kisangani region that are morphologically closely similar to the three examples from Lukolela.
<bibRefCitation id="D493F049E846DEB052C900779EFA7C2A" author="Hatt, R. T." refId="ref142496" refString="Hatt, R. T. 1934 b. Fourteen hitherto unrecognized African rodents. American Museum Novitates, 708: 1 - 15." year="1934">
Hatt (1934
<emphasis id="CB665D1214E15CB2327CA87EE52EAF3E" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">b</emphasis>
)
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described
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<emphasis id="D66C271201CD7A78ABA7A8B65AC19A5E" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">lukolelae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a subspecies of
<taxonomicName id="8830FFBBF213F15D84F276A25CD46761" baseAuthorityName="G. M. Allen and Loveridge" baseAuthorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tullbergi">
<emphasis id="027CF99422BBB3F83FDA01F092217D84" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys tullbergi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but its long and very slim hind feet, tip of short fifth digit extending only to base of digital pad of fourth digit, very large ears, cranial conformation, and molar dental patterns identify the specimens as a separate species. Citing those same traits,
<bibRefCitation id="32DCE51B25948838511A2BAC3220A2F0" author="Musser, G. G. &amp; M. D. Carleton" refId="ref252333" refString="Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501 - 755, 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 D. C., xviii + 1206 pp." year="1993">Musser and Carleton (1993)</bibRefCitation>
placed
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<emphasis id="A526A265E4870414BAA86D5B012E5261" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">lukolelae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<taxonomicName id="FE8F0AB3D63CCEBE8E04B7824B0B4163" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Malacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="3E4936E6270777CA64AD913D3A0B2505" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Malacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, noting its close morphological similarity with
<taxonomicName id="A94ACD6A0045E295A817BDDAF3A31406" authorityName="Verheyen and Van der Straeten" authorityYear="1977" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verschureni">
<emphasis id="5CB70092E4DF8B753A1944AC7C799DBD" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">verschureni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which had been described as a species of
<taxonomicName id="5FA51B50D7F2B0222FF913F29608B25B" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Malacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="124A047A6E9B48E7553A5F0C5D6A5EF9" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Malacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and was still associated with that genus in the early 1990s. Compared with
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<emphasis id="6787094BE46E2B16AC3047C3443F8D9B" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the species of
<taxonomicName id="A2B59CFCDFA0F403BCCE0B13CFD9B6CF" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Malacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6F1F0ADEE447E9563538F9882B7C8B49" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Malacomys</emphasis>
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tend to have a small or no subsquamosal fenestra (usually large in
<taxonomicName id="1E1DFB85233084C51F7B57E520B7D92D" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="91DC3D6BB407D157C156543948F48399" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), no cusp t3 on second upper molar (usually present), no anterolabial or posterolabial cusplets on first and second lower molars (present in most specimens), and the three central digits of the hind foot very long relative to the two outer digits (shorter in
<taxonomicName id="0C1AF9C4CD339972D6DFC5635B1BF601" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6BD31DD68A0D446361306725FFAEEE32" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). In addition to the external traits mentioned above, the type series of
<taxonomicName id="787E5E145D7F1EA67CFC7FAE4D559B4A" baseAuthorityName="Hatt" baseAuthorityYear="1934" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Malacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lukolelae">
<emphasis id="1BE68FB3F87A419BF46AD527C405913E" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">lukolelae</emphasis>
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and specimens from Kisangani exhibit subsquamosal variation similar to that in
<taxonomicName id="EC3555FA4432BC6479414048C35F4D3B" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Malacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="36EEB4F5E9B6A42597E5931768BEE0C1" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Malacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, most specimens lack a cusp t3 on the second upper molar, most do not have anterolabial and posterolabial cusplets on the lower molars, and configuration of the digits is like that in
<taxonomicName id="F8956FC3D1416A12977EFD38ED3AB22B" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Malacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A814FE720F44E183038E0855A227D0BB" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Malacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A844EF9E1DD2A1A28CC308816A70511C" pageNumber="1447">
<bibRefCitation id="A836F9DF992CC3D069AEC8A2D64ECE29" author="Van der Straeten, E. &amp; A. M. Dudu" refId="ref364630" refString="Van der Straeten, E., and A. M. Dudu. 1990. Systematics and distribution of Praomys from the Masako Forest Reserve (Zaire), with the description of a new species. Pp. 73 - 83, in Vertebrates in the tropics (G. Peters and R. Hutterer, eds.). Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, 424 pp." year="1990">Van der Straeten and Dudu (1990)</bibRefCitation>
had recognized a
<taxonomicName id="7721F6BEC03CBC2B1B36AD4B290C5A18" authorityName="Hatt" authorityYear="1934" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lukolelae">
<emphasis id="9EA4332CB41B7F346E6F34A358C7B3FF" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys lukolelae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group containing only that species and stated that
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<emphasis id="2C8EE98554169C812C4D1152EAF92FA5" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Malacomys verschureni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was related to the
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<emphasis id="DF7B8D2D68647DB6631A86A2379D8729" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">P. lukolelae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex. By 1999,
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recognized a &quot;
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<emphasis id="03C4649BEA25C7541B8D8DDD7D00A5EF" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">lukolelae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species-complex enclosing
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<emphasis id="DB463C11DD861464C25588628764A33D" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">lukolelae</emphasis>
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and probably
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<emphasis id="0B3B0D7485B715703B921A1CF7463484" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">verschureni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(described as
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<emphasis id="6CD84F42E3288E762470697506B70E41" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Malacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).&quot; Van der Straeten’s view received support from Denys, who was studying the
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<emphasis id="8C87DF19C926975F39E455B38AFC1487" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">lukolelae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex and wrote in 1995 (in litt.) that her study of cranial and dental traits would align
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<emphasis id="0BCDDF6B9A4EB79807AB8C279611859A" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">lukolelae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
<taxonomicName id="B716DC61D2275D215E43C309A51A1345" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CA246B5A855F12E5770D639B49AD7A20" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
rather than
<taxonomicName id="5B2D22D6CF89C593610A90455AE45A0C" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Malacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="3174B6DBEE60E29591110CE323EF2FD1" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Malacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. We defer to our colleagues’ allocations and list both species in
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<emphasis id="42DD0C898A37E395CC12F6874BD794C2" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but stress the need for critical phylogenetic study of
<taxonomicName id="53DE2320B1AEB48D695C1CA80E65B7FD" authorityName="Hatt" authorityYear="1934" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lukolelae">
<emphasis id="08FF1DE0950C372088E338D82A1D7297" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">lukolelae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="21183B66A45353BF7763EF1EB43B5C8C" authorityName="Verheyen &amp; Van der Straeten" authorityYear="1977" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Malacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verschureni">
<emphasis id="E4FF45B076257101F8037F00E9276A46" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">verschureni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in relation to the species of
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<emphasis id="C3ECB013161433A47B7E28C74D1CAA33" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Malacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="34A566D36244428339E0385EC451D8A1" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="AA46D633265EC773BE82502DB354E9D5" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and reevaluation of generic boundaries. In our study of this group we appreciated the distinctions between species of
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<emphasis id="2BC15F9B9BFD902F27CAF50BEEB5BF2E" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="BDB9655986BF7162B70290CE8725CB5F" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Malacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="559A45F4A85820490056D05724A4D3AC" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Malacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but also detected close morphological alliance between them, in particular the
<taxonomicName id="4DFB9075F835192065AF82E301CDF423" baseAuthorityName="G. M. Allen and Loveridge" baseAuthorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tullbergi">
<emphasis id="4A010B618EA0EF71A42A37D0C4AED765" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">P. tullbergi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex and
<taxonomicName id="7EA40E4CCF6C1EAF025AEA42DD45E4CC" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Malacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4B83EEDACDAA66D656F90A18330D52AC" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Malacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with
<taxonomicName id="5C92BC62B5A003413BC0F3ADACAB6303" authorityName="Hatt" authorityYear="1934" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lukolelae">
<emphasis id="3F674D3938A60ACDE2F4D288C4A09F67" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">P. lukolelae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="F9ED216E8EB8F65CED78D3B099011109" authorityName="Verheyen &amp; Van der Straeten" authorityYear="1977" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Malacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verschureni">
<emphasis id="BE6DC8D9C35D06E2FC35334A390764C7" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">P. verschureni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
nearly bridging the gap in several diagnostic characters. This assessment, however, clashes with cladistic analyses of morphological traits (
<bibRefCitation id="D2F1DAEB87F9BC64E04455088A308B9D" author="Lecompte, E. &amp; L. Granjon &amp; C. Denys" refId="ref208545" refString="Lecompte, E., L. Granjon, and C. Denys. 2002 a. The phylogeny of the Praomys complex (Rodentia: Muridae) and its phylogeographic implications. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 40: 8 - 25." year="2002">
Lecompte et al., 2002
<emphasis id="A36B64FFF8DB467F7F6A2B86F5F6E926" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
), sequences from complete mtDNA cytochrome
<emphasis id="A7A97D684D9291B706BFFEA0E4F36F3C" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">b</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="563D6AE98B60E9D5B4D2A1052F7D625E" author="Lecompte, E. &amp; L. Granjon &amp; J. Kerbis Peterhans &amp; C. Denys" refId="ref208592" refString="Lecompte, E., L. Granjon, J. Kerbis Peterhans, and C. Denys. 2002 b. Cytochrome b-based phylogeny of the Praomys group (Rodentia, Murinae): A new African radiation? Comptes Rendus Biologies, 325: 827 - 840." year="2002">
Lecompte et al., 2002
<emphasis id="050365ADC076DAD7FC3558DBFB0A9CFC" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
) and nuclear
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gene sequences (E. Lecompte, in litt., 2002), which do not cluster
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<emphasis id="462F876D889706C944D3CCF320309BA8" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Malacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
even close to any genus in
<taxonomicName id="3F2D88CA1249D56A573B1F448E0BAAA9" authorityName="Frick" authorityYear="1914" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Stenocephalemys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65AC0958DF34FF83DC6AED5A62683A0B" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Stenocephalemys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Division or any subgroup of
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<emphasis id="1C3264995058CCE93DDA134D1ED1DAE7" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C7B9D1315E67C5F6400C5CDC113B62E9" pageNumber="1447">
In the morphometric analysis of type specimens of
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<emphasis id="A4641D43AF40A91224128A9C08F6AAD2" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="65CD5B46A226A3EFA16E7119371ADE2D" baseAuthorityName="Van der Straeten and Robbins" baseAuthorityYear="1997" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="28E0566E6BD98FD9ED1B2CAC57D733A0" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Mastomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="FFBCA4CEB268A4065BBD9FF4FC7EDF4B" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Myomyscus">
<emphasis id="3810A7A5F56C3FCBBF38FE22EECBFBCB" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Myomys</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="8212F12C95A24E99EE1A653481655E0A" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Myomyscus</emphasis>
)
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="6B0A71927EB2636804DD28F473076180" baseAuthorityName="Watts and Baverstock" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Hylomyscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="DEEFEBA15954EE19993BCD93F82CD31A" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Hylomyscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="3FB1EE9B14B6DD9326801EA7187A5EC8" author="Van der Straeten, E. &amp; C. B. Robbins" refId="ref364786" refString="Van der Straeten, E., and C. B. Robbins. 1997. Further studies on Mastomys (Rodentia: Muridae) types and generic distinctions among African Muridae. Mittheilungen Aus Dem Zoologischen Museum zu Berlin, 73 (1): 153 - 163." year="1997">Van der Straeten and Robbins (1997)</bibRefCitation>
, the
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of
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<emphasis id="A5911A45D7D5F9032F29F9D4EFBD497A" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">lukolelae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
clustered with
<typeStatus id="932BBB78D3411B588C9BEFE0C5DC1637">holotypes</typeStatus>
of taxa associated with
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<emphasis id="01C06BE842CD0708F5E977E800E68726" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which to them endorsed the association of
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<emphasis id="144C2D1BBD1EE3F3C2931BEF145AB2B8" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">lukolelae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
<taxonomicName id="4D73D5AD917D1C39AC5731C43A1FFE4C" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="38A8D9A4A16FC2C65EADC3EC12A6B27B" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and not
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<emphasis id="23866E501335EB1FB5EBAE30D77A8958" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Malacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. But this connection is unwarranted without comparison with
<typeStatus id="5AACA28F95BE971692B714C2FC3B40AD">holotypes</typeStatus>
representing species of
<taxonomicName id="C812A4DE12475172A112D45DF57FC7EC" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Malacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="AE57178CEF696C51CB485B746D843AA9" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Malacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, taxa omitted from their analysis
</paragraph>
.
</paragraph>
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