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<emphasis id="896558A89DC48F0663296CED29035653" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys jacksoni</emphasis>
(de Winton 1897)
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<emphasis id="5074D914E12BED4E3D5C31F569324E05" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">[Praomys] jacksoni</emphasis>
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, 
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.
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<emphasis id="28499DC3620A70FB8838C38BA6EC093D" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1447">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="5B37EA3A53D1C69EFC9739500310333E" name="Uganda">Uganda</collectingCountry>
, Entebbe.
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<emphasis id="4689F7BCD53C95D5ADB71F96EE030787" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1447">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="E2EC8805EE626207CAA84F806DCB151F" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1447">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="829F7E6700824451167E7D80C37BF00D" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys montis</emphasis>
(Thomas and 
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)
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; 
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<emphasis id="60B242911677B2AA686C635B3379B3DA" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys sudanensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
; 
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<emphasis id="DA55ABD129F8492F8545FFC93C5ECFC1" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys viator</emphasis>
(Thomas 1911)
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.
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<emphasis id="4F4A3E19848A5EC40A1FD31E6BD851DD" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1447">Distribution:</emphasis>
C 
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through 
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and 
<collectingCountry id="79C57E5B2B154EEE0F3F3E11F45D0F8E" name="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</collectingCountry>
to S 
<collectingCountry id="D489AC0379A6716FBC43A52E222B27B4" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
, Dem. Rep. 
<collectingCountry id="E52FF4FCFFD7524422E38374BB3D096E" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
, NE 
<collectingCountry id="902208ACEDA0286E13BC0099EE38F5AD" name="Angola">Angola</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="955165C5BB2E08DF4DBAB03D88F9E4F6" author="Crawford-Cabral, J." refId="ref70924" refString="Crawford-Cabral, J. 1998. The Angolan rodents of the superfamily Muroidea: An account of their distribution. Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, Estudos, Ensaios e Documentos, 161: 223 pp." year="1998">Crawford-Cabral, 1998</bibRefCitation>
), 
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, 
<collectingCountry id="0E58A04A396108231DCBB26C1D7D508B" name="Rwanda">Rwanda</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingCountry id="CC93B612D5305F519E2AD816A2B10DA9" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
, and southward through E 
<collectingCountry id="2DBB501A599EDC1A84957A2FB3C2464A" name="Tanzania">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
to N and E 
<collectingCountry id="F4D068E3B99C9ED416B9008AEC8D45EF" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
; the most expansive geographic range of any species in 
<taxonomicName id="F29DF7203538FB59322BFE35572A573E" authority="(Lecompte et al., 2001)" baseAuthorityName="Lecompte" baseAuthorityYear="2001" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="8DA16BB115610B0D4FF363D8AC231B6B" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="99C86DCAC5A1EDFDA26CB283B3059269" 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>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
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<paragraph id="45062A62FFF02030BB9179A0E94EF1A2" pageNumber="1447">
<emphasis id="F61D4D326E5A054067C1BE0FEB951F0F" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1447">Conservation:</emphasis>
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– Data Deficient as 
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<emphasis id="A4E387EDC9A175618D520337EEC30281" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">P. jacksoni</emphasis>
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, 
<taxonomicName id="732AAC8CAE5955810ADBA8E2101F54C7" baseAuthorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montis">
<emphasis id="08180D902CA22CCB2B1AAD3B2DF1E7B5" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">P. montis</emphasis>
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, and 
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<emphasis id="74241BF18243BF3EAF22DCC57E97803F" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">P. peromyscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<paragraph id="DB404D2FF1CD261E1CF0B81D635E934C" pageNumber="1447">
<emphasis id="0D5D2205995CB0FBC601C37A2AEBDB5E" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1447">Discussion:</emphasis>
<paragraph id="846B342B5EA7B107D4CD42633D8C7452" pageNumber="1447">
2n = 28, FN = 30 (
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). At one time listed as a subspecies of 
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<emphasis id="5680813895E2C47518F6FD3D8FCE7C55" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">P. tullbergi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(e.g., 
<bibRefCitation id="477E136A4D0097E6858B6349ADE81210" author="Hollister, N." refId="ref157105" refString="Hollister, N. 1919. East African mammals in the United States National Museum. Part II. Rodentia, Lagomorpha, and Tubulidentata. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 99 (2): 1 - 184." year="1919">Hollister, 1919</bibRefCitation>
), 
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<emphasis id="56F9B1CBAACD87A9529348F0B1FE3A81" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">jacksoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a distinct species occurring sympatrically with 
<taxonomicName id="7F7F74F9CE6B4B8C0D256A0F22267096" 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="D63D513616D828F6BBBEC64C3D05363A" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">P. tullbergi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(G. M. 
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="4B3252E78B3533F4B65F2C67F2A85DD8" 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>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="7B0C2A764257B141873B929DFA071DD0" author="Van der Straeten, E. &amp; F. Dieterlen" refId="ref364542" refString="Van der Straeten, E., and F. Dieterlen. 1987. Praomys misonnei, a new species of Muridae from Eastern Zaire (Mammalia). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, ser. A (Biologie), 402: 1 - 40." year="1987">Van der Straeten and Dieterlen, 1987</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="BDCFC283F387B79594E9612FFA14CBCA" 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>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="30069C77AF71CF44A4400BD0879E7BD9" 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>
). The problem of identifying the 
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of 
<taxonomicName id="B08D88F10E3DF812670B23FBB398DC33" baseAuthorityName="de Winton" baseAuthorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jacksoni">
<emphasis id="27179EE148DCF878800E125F8AA61B33" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">P. jacksoni</emphasis>
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, as well as current names associated with the species, was reviewed and discussed by 
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, 
<bibRefCitation id="12904D44337857039A6347F523CDA80D" 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>
, and 
<bibRefCitation id="C6CEDE0D37E1BB82EAA53446C769179B" author="Van der Straeten, E. &amp; J. C. Kerbis Peterhans" refId="ref364739" refString="Van der Straeten, E., and J. C. Kerbis Peterhans. 1999. Praomys degraaffi, a new species of Muridae (Mammalia) from central Africa. South African Journal of Zoology, 34 (2): 80 - 90." year="1999">Van der Straeten and Kerbis Peterhans (1999)</bibRefCitation>
. 
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regarded 
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and 
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as valid species and 
<bibRefCitation id="BBA425F161EAC4D7D714891674F58C72" author="Van der Straeten, E. &amp; J. C. Kerbis Peterhans" refId="ref364739" refString="Van der Straeten, E., and J. C. Kerbis Peterhans. 1999. Praomys degraaffi, a new species of Muridae (Mammalia) from central Africa. South African Journal of Zoology, 34 (2): 80 - 90." year="1999">Van der Straeten and Kerbis Peterhans (1999)</bibRefCitation>
claimed that 
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<emphasis id="33A32D2843F902495768B351926C9867" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">montis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="3F35388400FE0BE37A83B036810DF5DC" authorityName="Heller" authorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="peromyscus">
<emphasis id="84D9365205C7CD4D0FA0D28074C8576F" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">peromyscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="0C34CB57FAE493FA3790BDB42BD2C030" authorityName="Setzer" authorityYear="1956" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sudanensis">
<emphasis id="3E7757E875EBD293680D7BB252FEABEB" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">sudanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="C4630A17BEF39FEB49BBA8CA7C2B81DF" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viator">
<emphasis id="97EC17401CDAC3E42FB7953A4B94A7CC" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">viator</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, all names that we place in synonymy, are separate species. The canonical analyses presented by those authors, however, employing series representing these taxa and other distinct species of 
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<emphasis id="75731B1E1D8966B2F9B510D8EB152154" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="D5A8EECB1F0460700393B3529DFADF51" authorityName="Van der Straeten and Kerbis Peterhans" authorityYear="1999" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="degraaffi">
<emphasis id="D0A9B28FD79732849B72A2788188E4E2" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">P. degraaffi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="741F524AC97BD433F910063EFE778052" authorityName="Van der Straeten and Dudu" authorityYear="1990" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mutoni">
<emphasis id="B42374268C4329BC9A77D843759C4C3F" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">P. mutoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), do not indicate any significant separation between clusters identified as 
<taxonomicName id="2659A588FE6C4DB004F981B8CB9612A7" baseAuthorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montis">
<emphasis id="2A0B0956218DA17298D3F858C50141DF" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">montis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="0082D4822132E12DFC0DFA53A9C941E7" authorityName="Heller" authorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="peromyscus">
<emphasis id="AE1F44CB691FCA56C3AB87AF8FBB679D" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">peromyscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="D0B6C0B7AD40007429381B1089554437" authorityName="Setzer" authorityYear="1956" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sudanensis">
<emphasis id="AB98D5EAA2E451DD839A84F0C26AB1D0" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">sudanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="539A29B4A9E71E8E7549326B0018EB7D" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viator">
<emphasis id="4FDB46E74D73602C32CA3155B1C848DC" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">viator</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and topotypes of 
<taxonomicName id="56C3F5F22A093777B75C1024EA31E739" baseAuthorityName="de Winton" baseAuthorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jacksoni">
<emphasis id="82F27619B8A28C7E690DB8C9BFE7EC8E" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">jacksoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<taxonomicName id="D5F50217CAD42522F7B38131DD576B16" baseAuthorityName="de Winton" baseAuthorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jacksoni">
<emphasis id="2734667538FA1EFF825529E7F1E565DF" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys jacksoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as we list it here may be composite, but until the forms representing potential species (
<taxonomicName id="C451E5EA0594F6A17EF9D3CBFAEFFD9C" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viator">
<emphasis id="D9A2165A4CD51C526042F592B324CD02" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">viator</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="B3CA1BDEA7F34D4099C5ECB9C926DE99" baseAuthorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montis">
<emphasis id="4CC4071C7E5724430BC39D38E13D8AC7" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">montis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="C37306BC91B45F124C2EF00853917422" authorityName="Heller" authorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="peromyscus">
<emphasis id="003142ED4FA3225DC7E94E08A23F05BC" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">peromyscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="E1EA63F0DB67E9AA29B6924CB98A28BC" authorityName="Setzer" authorityYear="1956" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sudanensis">
<emphasis id="86F5FA2408EC2C545B70E6A174E6DC99" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">sudanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) have been clearly diagnosed and their geographic ranges described we include them here under 
<taxonomicName id="F43F87BED30DB92DE10E94B4AE22BC30" baseAuthorityName="de Winton" baseAuthorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jacksoni">
<emphasis id="C77F43EED23EAF8FD2A14C0F60E368DD" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">P. jacksoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9FDE29ED1D2A3C3DBF8E02122B6605AD" pageNumber="1447">
Several pertinent reports cover: craniometrical comparisons among four samples of 
<taxonomicName id="5320C78786A4ADB554A65BAAE69FA148" baseAuthorityName="de Winton" baseAuthorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jacksoni">
<emphasis id="215FE96004B8D1B20ACBB201FA794056" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">P. jacksoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
collected at different altitudes (
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) in the 
<collectingRegion id="6E86A12D709E0216163981ABB7F0C428" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" name="Sud-Kivu">Kivu region</collectingRegion>
of E Dem. Rep. 
<collectingCountry id="4E2D9E15A10D3D3DFBD90A623380E25A" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="B312E71B254A54FCBA9A94DF19F0A2DE" author="Van der Straeten, E. &amp; F. Dieterlen" refId="ref364589" refString="Van der Straeten, E., and F. Dieterlen. 1992. Craniometrical comparison of four populations of Praomys jacksoni captured at different heights in Eastern Zaire (Kivu). Mammalia, 56: 125 - 131." year="1992">Van der Straeten and Dieterlen, 1992</bibRefCitation>
); altitudinal distribution of 
<emphasis id="26E33FCAF4338D13BB21AAD9DFDFA8FF" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">
P. j. 
<taxonomicName id="FADAC070883249FE06235CF906CD73D8" baseAuthorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montis">montis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
on Ugandan slopes of Ruwenzori Mtns (
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, who regarded 
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<emphasis id="6179AC2D97C30071B6E66C2F5A8A737C" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">montis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a Ruwenzori endemic); specimens from Kalinzu forest of SW 
<collectingCountry id="F5916161D4AEE68C952D72CB51C0ED4E" name="Uganda">Uganda</collectingCountry>
that were collected on the forest floor and on woody vines 1.5 m above the ground (
<bibRefCitation id="B5903BCABFC265DF834FC994703A8643" author="Lunde, D. P. &amp; E. E. Sarmiento" refId="ref217575" refString="Lunde, D. P., and E. E. Sarmiento. 2002. Rodents collected from Kalinzu Forest, Uganda. Mammalian Biology, 67: 250 - 255." year="2002">Lunde and Sarmiento, 2002</bibRefCitation>
); samples from mountain chain in W 
<collectingCountry id="26407ABDD8F7EA8D85835B8996D2CDA6" name="Cameroon">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
and SE 
<collectingCountry id="B09D69D488A2FCC7E69380C3D897EE72" name="Nigeria">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
reported as &quot; 
<taxonomicName id="2A1E6FE7A235E33071F919A4597F33AD" authority="(Hutterer et al., 1992 a)" baseAuthorityName="de Winton" baseAuthorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jacksoni">
<emphasis id="1714C960D3E945E865F6FD24FBDC7943" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">Praomys</emphasis>
cf. 
<emphasis id="B76B4912434B176F476B2799043C76ED" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">jacksoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&quot; (
<bibRefCitation id="36FA7CC8BCD4550EF9F966231C9CF249" author="Hutterer, R. &amp; F. Dieterlen &amp; G. Nikolaus" refId="ref164722" refString="Hutterer, R., F. Dieterlen, and G. Nikolaus. 1992 a. Small mammals from forest islands of eastern Nigeria and adjacent Cameroon, with systematical and biogeographical notes. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 43: 393 - 414." year="1992">
Hutterer et al., 1992 
<emphasis id="1B55A26D8461D14C02A5AF2CF8C290DB" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
); habitat and distribution on Ugandan slopes of Mt Elgon (
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); and samples from 
<collectingRegion id="DA837912C81620E116FD5E5221C8983D" country="Uganda" name="Kibale">Kibale</collectingRegion>
Forest in 
<collectingCountry id="E8D247D6F5B7F1DC46C61F6EB6952BDF" name="Uganda">Uganda</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="0BAEBA5C066F8E8B965B4B9FBAB31DC9" author="Hoffmann, A." refId="ref154702" refString="Hoffmann, A. 1997. Small mammals in the Kibale Forest, Uganda. Pp. 241 - 244, in Tropical biodiversity and systematics. (H. Ulrich, ed.). Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, 357 pp." year="1997">Hoffmann, 1997</bibRefCitation>
). 
<bibRefCitation id="78F117F2A5DC82275CA429E9E074D3C2" author="Ziegler, S. &amp; G. Nikolaus &amp; R. Hutterer" refId="ref406891" refString="Ziegler, S., G. Nikolaus, and R. Hutterer. 2002. High mammalian diversity in the newly established National Park of Upper Niger, Republic of Guinea. Oryx, 36: 73 - 80." year="2002">Ziegler et al. (2002)</bibRefCitation>
listed 
<taxonomicName id="6B3CE80F2F0A738A0374A3A139A434DC" baseAuthorityName="de Winton" baseAuthorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jacksoni">
<emphasis id="BB373A8772FC4A79373042D6E9F643CD" italics="true" pageNumber="1447">P. jacksoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from C 
<collectingCountry id="42420614AA4482A46E4A676825CCC70C" name="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea</collectingCountry>
but the voucher material comes from so far west of the nearest documented occurrence (
<collectingCountry id="53F649172015D5B316BBC99AF0A5B32B" name="Nigeria">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
) that we are dubious of its identification
</paragraph>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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