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<emphasis id="64B6155BA3E4F5C4B44D2E7DC29097E4" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">Rhabdomys pumilio</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="9D003AADEE28E84097251FFE89ABC0A1" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">[Mus] pumilio</emphasis>
Sparrman 1784
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,
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K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl.
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: 236
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.
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<collectingCountry id="05A03BAA680CF75DCF109080F6577F1C" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
, S
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, east of Knysna, Tsitsikamma Forest, Slangrivier.
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<emphasis id="E32D3BE2BC6DF58163C2B7E1681AA642" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1496">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="B34CBFEE6B60392F08EE4A56DC0335D9" language="eng" pageNumber="1496">Xeric Four-striped Grass Rat</vernacularName>
.
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<emphasis id="1F77BC7C5129061925C861E4C423863B" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1496">Synonyms:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="8E906BF18AC62C20F7EB4BDA610B04EA" authority="(Thomas 1893)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1893" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1496" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bechuanae">
<emphasis id="FCA1ADBBB302172581FB5B3D5AA25378" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">Rhabdomys bechuanae</emphasis>
(
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)
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;
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<emphasis id="C1F583AD2D6CE757AAFFD4F47AE2EF59" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">Rhabdomys cinereus</emphasis>
(
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)
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;
<taxonomicName id="DDD8E604FAD101331B8504A5B4FC90E6" authority="(Dollman 1910)" baseAuthorityName="Dollman" baseAuthorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1496" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="deserti">
<emphasis id="529DEF0EDC6ACE1C0F6952F5C7D8281B" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">Rhabdomys deserti</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="9D925C743E0ADA90DC639EACE969579F" 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>
;
<taxonomicName id="EAEC2B14A6AE29AADB148ACC1BC75631" authority="(Lesson 1827)" baseAuthorityName="Lesson" baseAuthorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1496" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="donavani">
<emphasis id="E69CABD53D9B382F2A11FF6036F5BA86" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">Rhabdomys donavani</emphasis>
(Lesson 1827)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="3DFD5EA768096F7697F210B859F17DAB" authority="Roberts 1946" authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1946" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1496" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fouriei">
<emphasis id="10A01C5FB86A12480A5F893CD5EDA031" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">Rhabdomys fouriei</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="59BCA114E3DA45FD304D7F6F2CEFEAA0" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306555" refString="Roberts, A. 1946. Descriptions of numerous new subspecies of mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 20: 303 - 328." year="1946">Roberts 1946</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="E1C2BA762B705857445C1D9E9E964C30" authority="(Wroughton 1905)" baseAuthorityName="Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1905" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1496" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="griquae">
<emphasis id="19154A92C7168CEDC217545DDBADB41D" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">Rhabdomys griquae</emphasis>
(Wroughton 1905)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="8853D8AD515F2DEC50BC51A13164E420" authority="(Wroughton 1905)" baseAuthorityName="Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1905" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1496" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="intermedius">
<emphasis id="877CB3F1C1ADA64D21ABAF7D1567EA98" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">Rhabdomys intermedius</emphasis>
(Wroughton 1905)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="A68DE05678602D4EE4E35E4BC39CE330" authority="(F. Cuvier 1829)" baseAuthorityName="F. Cuvier" baseAuthorityYear="1829" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1496" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lineatus">
<emphasis id="F30D85A88BDD27306C10058E00D29983" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">Rhabdomys lineatus</emphasis>
(F. Cuvier 1829)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="CF19D764D479B69A541E855DE60A6926" authority="(Brants 1827)" baseAuthorityName="Brants" baseAuthorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1496" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="major">
<emphasis id="73902D86A6B1FFFEEB163F3624808DE2" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">Rhabdomys major</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="81F4D7E3CA45C7227B814D27E4133410" author="Brants, A." refId="ref40324" refString="Brants, A. 1827. Het Geslacht der muizen door Linnaeus opgesteld, volgens de tegenswoordige toestand der wetenschap in familien, geslachten en soorten verdeeld. Academische Boekdrukkerij, Berlijn, 190 pp." year="1827">Brants 1827</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="16AC199974D2C8B25CF525BCF1001D52" authority="(Wroughton 1905)" baseAuthorityName="Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1905" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1496" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="meridionalis">
<emphasis id="4B8A64EF673232DD8D4AC98F7763EBC3" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">Rhabdomys meridionalis</emphasis>
(Wroughton 1905)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="2B4CEE9E52B4A29F69654D888993E9EB" authority="Roberts 1946" authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1946" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1496" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="namaquensis">
<emphasis id="A49E1AC552E6B7D7F654F705E86D1576" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">Rhabdomys namaquensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="958DD08EAD22BDB7E5C1077C2FB6C321" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306555" refString="Roberts, A. 1946. Descriptions of numerous new subspecies of mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 20: 303 - 328." year="1946">Roberts 1946</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="70BA5D078741595BF0DD5FA255912DA3" authority="Roberts 1926" authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1496" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="namibensis">
<emphasis id="773EE13AE33A0822AADEAF7F575A1723" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">Rhabdomys namibensis</emphasis>
Roberts 1926
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="E43CA3298F858DEF51689A385E0C1507" authority="Roberts 1946" authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1946" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1496" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="orangiae">
<emphasis id="F69AC4A630CF3D7340FCA4AD8F9C53A4" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">Rhabdomys orangiae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="3FF1A21394513E44B19C22FA2D6EEF3C" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306555" refString="Roberts, A. 1946. Descriptions of numerous new subspecies of mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 20: 303 - 328." year="1946">Roberts 1946</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="C27031E118C73532F1B5B30E1659A690" authority="Roberts 1946" authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1946" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1496" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="prieskae">
<emphasis id="19D4B04147A2F26ABE1A7F8C166B6FC3" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">Rhabdomys prieskae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="BD347594CEA77F1398FE3FB3647E435A" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306555" refString="Roberts, A. 1946. Descriptions of numerous new subspecies of mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 20: 303 - 328." year="1946">Roberts 1946</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="E9E9A0C6693B8F9341F5CD9AFBE6CD74" authority="(Schinz 1845)" baseAuthorityName="Schinz" baseAuthorityYear="1845" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1496" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="septemvittatus">
<emphasis id="1B7CC5DC2528510D8B72BC25DCF9B8C1" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">Rhabdomys septemvittatus</emphasis>
(Schinz 1845)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="BDB7D6671B7204A93DBBC6414954589E" authority="(Sclater 1899)" baseAuthorityName="Sclater" baseAuthorityYear="1899" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1496" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="typicus">
<emphasis id="08474D8BA13CFC5AA9F9287827CA8336" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">Rhabdomys typicus</emphasis>
(Sclater 1899)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="DB1E8A828D2D938E654F2D31459D7455" authority="(Wagner 1842)" baseAuthorityName="Wagner" baseAuthorityYear="1842" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1496" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vittatus">
<emphasis id="B6152240C303C1F10EE13BA03C303F42" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">Rhabdomys vittatus</emphasis>
(Wagner 1842)
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="F46865C63165C79655331271B0C88E5A" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1496">Distribution:</emphasis>
Xeric grasslands and savannas from W
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north through
<collectingCountry id="D5C15051A0BD777D7F3F1FD6A41B7ACC" name="Namibia">Namibia</collectingCountry>
and C and S
<collectingCountry id="729AC433123FC1607B32978CD9339591" name="Botswana">Botswana</collectingCountry>
to SW
<collectingCountry id="B0884F2487AB11D5952EC9232A7DBAE1" name="Angola">Angola</collectingCountry>
.
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<paragraph id="08D6C1F874DB225CEA95B09429735558" pageNumber="1496">
<emphasis id="D81E9E983DE440B9CF836D297F3F6CAD" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1496">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="1399B28775B39B50CE870F1A27C44F3C">IUCN</collectionCode>
Data Deficient.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="D7EE0C81EB76A657D4B16A81F6D94D99" pageNumber="1496" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="C52331079501AB799DE4E8C32CD50568" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1496">Discussion:</emphasis>
As defined by
<bibRefCitation id="8FF65166B65B9EFDB5EA17F5EC9E2841" author="Rambau, R. V. &amp; T. J. Robinson &amp; R. Stanyon" refId="ref296855" refString="Rambau, R. V., T. J. Robinson, and R. Stanyon. 2003. Molecular genetics of Rhabdomys pumilio subspecies boundaries: mtDNA phylogeography and karyotypic analysis by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 28: 564 - 575." year="2003">Rambau et al. (2003)</bibRefCitation>
,
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<emphasis id="3CDFCCB25711BE574E773742BB03017A" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">P. pumilio</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is endemic to the Southern African Subregion. Rambau et al. did not sample populations from
<collectingCountry id="591448771B1CD7B09DBAA28AE421B964" name="Angola">Angola</collectingCountry>
or
<collectingCountry id="4800DF98D26C181CE999FD13B7C0A219" name="Botswana">Botswana</collectingCountry>
, but we regard Hill and Carters (1941:102) record of &quot;
<taxonomicName id="C6F56C91136101F7EA4E8DB27B625D64" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1893" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bechuanae">
<emphasis id="1A0115E6F9FCD83DD7472CCBA12F5060" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">R. bechuanae</emphasis>
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&quot; from the Namib desert in southwestern
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as an extension of
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<emphasis id="D01C41BE0E686BB9C6EA526D822E259A" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">P. pumilio</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
through
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(see accounts above). Most of
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is covered by arid savanna, and records of
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<emphasis id="004BB6E5CA24ECA54FE4254A9360691D" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">Rhabdomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from there (see
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de Graaff, 1997
<emphasis id="2FDA7A95EFEF9CEE02826CF432F3C4DC" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">e</emphasis>
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;
<bibRefCitation id="CAD5EAB305FB40D1C98E55E7883DDA8B" 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>
) are likely
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<emphasis id="77D78A5766589EE0BFEF403411FE29CA" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">P. pumilio</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and not
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<emphasis id="D132F39F48A6BB3CF13131F84964A431" italics="true" pageNumber="1496">P. dilectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which occupies mesic grasslands and savannas (
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).
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</subSubSection>
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