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<emphasis id="70B4E07CDCB9699FC6680E647502FD9F" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Pelomys</emphasis>
Peters 1852
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<emphasis id="22C60A57D401DCB930FFAE09BAD99ACE" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Pelomys</emphasis>
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Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss.
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.
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<emphasis id="18BF647E4F34AF810BC17773C036C344" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1436">Type Species:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E9AB75B1D1B164412E53B9C71C5521AC" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Mus (Pelomys) fallax</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="F3023C554A367B9D1686A2CB484667FA" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1436">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="02E3BF2AFF21FC8CC7F6F583E4E5D355" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Komemys</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="3C2A17C00EC5C7D23DB4963CCEEBFE4B" author="de Beaux, O." refId="ref76142" refString="de Beaux, O. 1924. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Potamochoerus Gray. Zoologische Jahrbucher, 47: 379 - 504." year="1924">De Beaux 1924</bibRefCitation>
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.
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<emphasis id="1E4130966C721FA0E4707DA370ED5DCA" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1436">Species and subspecies:</emphasis>
5 species:
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Species
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<emphasis id="42CCDFEB9FD5E0CF23329DED63EC1DE5" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Pelomys campanae</emphasis>
Huet 1888
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Species
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<emphasis id="A5F4A4428ACD5501A26A27AAAE71285B" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Pelomys fallax</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="5DBD33E54128C84790EAEAC20FB48D1C" pageNumber="1436">
Species
<taxonomicName id="8A6B092FA51B61FE73340862F1EEBA15" authority="Hayman 1955" authorityName="Hayman" authorityYear="1955" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pelomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1436" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hopkinsi">
<emphasis id="5066031BBA2418E451AFF005C7F210FA" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Pelomys hopkinsi</emphasis>
Hayman 1955
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<paragraph id="0A84A2D36062E904EE73B7FB773DB583" pageNumber="1436">
Species
<taxonomicName id="51BC55769CFE410FF680A87A13F284F9" authority="de Beaux 1924" authorityName="de Beaux" authorityYear="1924" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pelomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1436" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="isseli">
<emphasis id="98C3B0459D3896CBA84F7BB66FD6F00B" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Pelomys isseli</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="56A7B9AE736AD58C33F14417AB5F0502" author="de Beaux, O." refId="ref76142" refString="de Beaux, O. 1924. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Potamochoerus Gray. Zoologische Jahrbucher, 47: 379 - 504." year="1924">de Beaux 1924</bibRefCitation>
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<paragraph id="9C9461CE53F5E813588EE420FD041C0E" pageNumber="1436">
Species
<taxonomicName id="DB65025D2E70DB2A2D8556019720A8B6" authority="Cabrera and Ruxton 1926" authorityName="Cabrera and Ruxton" authorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pelomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1436" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minor">
<emphasis id="C5D7544B59EA6E596917923C0843C686" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Pelomys minor</emphasis>
Cabrera and Ruxton 1926
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<emphasis id="42A0BD307FE0B97E7C488B4D92C1768A" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1436">Discussion:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="2247CDAEC8EA365A1973B1EA41B4BCED" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1AB73F5CED10597615F6897CF227D1C3" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Arvicanthis</emphasis>
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Division. Definition and phylogenetic position of
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<emphasis id="9F20F661EDB6FC017A94A1BF532B96AA" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Pelomys</emphasis>
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need to be reassessed in context of a systematic revision of arvicanthine murines. In overall morphology, the genus is most closely related to
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<emphasis id="DEA90892181E6772BC9D086DE51496A4" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Mylomys</emphasis>
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and
<taxonomicName id="70BB7C480D7C34C46C6D55E0108F0C3D" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Desmomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="339B246544B6591B7F5B8A686D791251" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Desmomys</emphasis>
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, which in turn are members of a group also containing species of
<taxonomicName id="89898751D54D465B9B48143BD002DC33" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="35C87F6B4F70AB7C94F835BAAD640C6C" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Arvicanthis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0327747EED31AB79ED40CE3034A8AF47" authorityName="Trouessart" authorityYear="1881" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lemniscomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="FD843978D0229BC54079A3D9D2D82FCE" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Lemniscomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="A8A0731D31A5420CC52C7BF87EEE4B01" authority="(Musser, 1987 b)" baseAuthorityName="Musser" baseAuthorityYear="1987" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="EC8CE8AC422A7C7F4FCB0ACC532877D0" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Rhabdomys</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4A6C9754E31DB0BB5DA036E9F17CA38C" author="Musser, G. G." refId="ref252040" refString="Musser, G. G. 1987 b. The occurrence of Hadromys (Rodentia: Muridae) in early Pleistocene Siwalik strata in northern Pakistan and its bearing on biogeographic affinities between Indian and northeastern African murine faunas. American Museum Novitates, 2883: 1 - 36." year="1987">
Musser, 1987
<emphasis id="02313E46FE10603FD654D9D0D8F29BC2" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">b</emphasis>
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)
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, an alliance corroborated by mtDNA sequences of cytochrome
<emphasis id="5860076059F6ECAC2CBBED34C6B8F740" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">b</emphasis>
and 12S and 16S rRNA gene fragments (
<bibRefCitation id="18BA510D62540F6397FA0990A1DE11BF" author="Ducroz, J. - F. &amp; V. Volobouev &amp; L. Granjon" refId="ref89321" refString="Ducroz, J. - F., V. Volobouev, and L. Granjon. 2001. An assessment of the systematics of Arvicanthine Rodents using mitochondrial DNA sequences: Evolutionary and biogeographical implications. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 8: 173 - 206." year="2001">Ducroz et al., 2001</bibRefCitation>
). The latter study indicated
<taxonomicName id="52675635A8C89FAB7E14080F1CF3D1ED" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1852" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pelomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C74B48134005934FFEE454842D514A85" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Pelomys</emphasis>
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to be most closely related to
<taxonomicName id="3DBD73EC70BDD9A60FA3E12F4FA57341" authority="(Ducroz et al., 2001)" baseAuthorityName="Ducroz" baseAuthorityYear="2001" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D5D4D2968C31E2E09D383D3CFBC9371B" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Mylomys</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="9577367C1FBDFC5190444A036494AD46" author="Ducroz, J. - F. &amp; V. Volobouev &amp; L. Granjon" refId="ref89321" refString="Ducroz, J. - F., V. Volobouev, and L. Granjon. 2001. An assessment of the systematics of Arvicanthine Rodents using mitochondrial DNA sequences: Evolutionary and biogeographical implications. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 8: 173 - 206." year="2001">Ducroz et al., 2001</bibRefCitation>
)
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and some authors regard them as congeneric (e. g., Heim de Balsac and Bellier, 1967). Analysis of microcomplement fixation of albumin groups
<taxonomicName id="C098DAB12D1DCB4B7F41269BE06914AC" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1852" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pelomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0D0487568CF981167AC9D3A89C5CCE6E" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Pelomys</emphasis>
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with
<taxonomicName id="27360DB837EDF2250281B967C8CA08D0" authorityName="Trouessart" authorityYear="1881" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lemniscomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="7D1B5E1D1502A225BDF0D299289CE13E" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Lemniscomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="5E112483B5229166F8708516A59BBF7C" baseAuthorityName="Musser" baseAuthorityYear="1987" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C31773CAA5B980750D5C0A1BDD00FFE4" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Rhabdomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4513F65592F0E69AD77C34BC20549339" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="25BF9B285D4C6C3F4FC75C5B7A5944E1" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Grammomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="36CA314BAD85DB72A1614E55F23A65DB" authority="(Watts and Baverstock, 1995 a)" baseAuthorityName="Watts and Baverstock" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="717F5AED7CB2880CE8C38F56D1FA1446" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Thallomys</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="48BBC8F6D412E403FA736CB99A099F28" author="Watts, C. H. S. &amp; P. R. Baverstock" refId="ref384460" refString="Watts, C. H. S., and P. R. Baverstock. 1995 a. Evolution in some African Murinae (Rodentia) assessed by microcomplement fixation of albumin. Journal of African Zoology, 109: 423 - 433." year="1995">
Watts and Baverstock, 1995
<emphasis id="12ABD5ED8C8E2C58194CD913CF8AF3C9" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">a</emphasis>
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)
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="7296C07CCACBCD52C83A85C89FC5D4B9" authorityName="De Beaux" authorityYear="1924" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Komemys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="8E00D5FE622039C78F123B81F1C680AC" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Komemys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is usually treated as a subgenus for
<taxonomicName id="FD4593EF52A3EA92D017EBD8C822DE95" authorityName="Hayman" authorityYear="1955" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pelomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hopkinsi">
<emphasis id="DF691535879F56B5D9B99C2549BA51CE" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">P. hopkinsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="FE928FD4CD77CE32D0E0BEE359C2D9E4" authorityName="de Beaux" authorityYear="1924" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pelomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="isseli">
<emphasis id="7769EC5FD59B32067168034AC62C4575" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">P. isseli</emphasis>
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(e.g.,
<bibRefCitation id="AADF6EF96F90971B60ADBE3A4A22EF43" 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>
), but we recognize it here as a synonym of
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<emphasis id="87ACC0E55D506A8836769554C73C53BA" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Pelomys</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="0FA2E77F1E0BA74FD611A866B47D7FAA" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Pelomys</emphasis>
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is represented by Pliocene and Pleistocene fossils from East Africa (Jaeger, 1976;
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;
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),
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(
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),
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(
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;
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), and outside of Africa on Mediterranean Rhodes Isl (
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,
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); see review by Denys (1999). The early Pliocene record of
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<emphasis id="A220347261F8C2CC4C1CCF81960FEA72" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Pelomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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(
<bibRefCitation id="DB2FA2579A7D9609469DE2F237C686F6" author="Sen, S. &amp; M. Brunet &amp; E. Heintz" refId="ref323490" refString="Sen, S., M. Brunet, and E. Heintz. 1979. Decouverte de rongeurs &quot; Africains &quot; dans le Pliocene d'Afghanistan (basin de Sarobi). Implications paleobiogeographiques et stratigraphiques. Bulletin Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 4 (1), seccion C: 65 - 75." year="1979">Sen et al., 1979</bibRefCitation>
) is an example of the extinct
<taxonomicName id="C7164A92E5D237096AF8F45F888EF261" authority="(Brandy et al., 1980)" baseAuthorityName="Brandy" baseAuthorityYear="1980" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Parapelomys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="2D781D25090AA79DCEB2D3CA7F695D3A" italics="true" pageNumber="1436">Parapelomys</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="B92DD521DB37B8DC30B260779B5CC622" author="Brandy, L. D. &amp; M. Sabatier &amp; J. - J. Jaeger" refId="ref40274" refString="Brandy, L. D., M. Sabatier, and J. - J. Jaeger. 1980. Implications phylogenetiques et biogeographiques des dernieres decouvertes de Muridae en Afghanistan, au Pakistan et en Ethiopie. Geobios, 14 (4): 639 - 643." year="1980">Brandy et al., 1980</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
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