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<document ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098" ID-ISBN="1-56098-217-9" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7353098" approvalRequired="3" approvalRequired_for_document="2" approvalRequired_for_originalDoi="1" checkinTime="1667534070963" checkinUser="GgServerImporter" docAuthor="Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton" docDate="1993" docId="03D087AEFFADFFE7FEF70126FBC0FC24" docLanguage="en" docName="MammalSpeciesofTheWorld.1993.Muridae.501-755.pdf.imd" docOrigin="Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press" docTitle="Grammomys cometes" docType="treatment" docVersion="3" lastPageNumber="593" masterDocId="FFE9FFD6FFF6FFBBFFF30B06FF93FFF3" masterDocTitle="Order Rodentia - Family Muridae" masterLastPageNumber="755" masterPageNumber="501" pageNumber="592" updateTime="1669256938330" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Order Rodentia - Family Muridae</mods:title>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Guy G. Musser</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Michael D. Carleton</mods:namePart>
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<mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource>
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<mods:dateIssued>1993</mods:dateIssued>
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<mods:publisher>Smithsonian Institution Press</mods:publisher>
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<mods:placeTerm>Washington and London</mods:placeTerm>
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<mods:roleTerm>Editor</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Don E. Wilson</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Editor</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>DeeAnn M. Reeder</mods:namePart>
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<mods:titleInfo>
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<mods:title>Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)</mods:title>
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<mods:start>501</mods:start>
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<mods:classification>book chapter</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ISBN">1-56098-217-9</mods:identifier>
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<paragraph blockId="91.[260,1803,2592,2755]" box="[260,1739,2592,2630]" pageId="91" pageNumber="592">
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<treatmentCitation author="Thomas and Wroughton" authority="(Thomas and Wroughton, 1908)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1908" box="[260,1729,2592,2630]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" journal="Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond." kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="549" pageId="91" pageNumber="592" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cometes" title="Grammomys cometes" volume="1908" year="1908">
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<taxonomicName authority="(Thomas and Wroughton, 1908)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1908" box="[260,1158,2592,2630]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="91" pageNumber="592" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cometes">
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<emphasis box="[260,596,2592,2630]" italics="true" pageId="91" pageNumber="592">Grammomys cometes</emphasis>
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(Thomas and Wroughton, 1908)
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<bibCitation author="Thomas and Wroughton" box="[1177,1729,2592,2630]" journal="Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond." pageId="91" pageNumber="592" pagination="549" title="Grammomys cometes" volume="1908" year="1908">Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1908:549</bibCitation>
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</treatmentCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection box="[300,994,2634,2672]" pageId="91" pageNumber="592" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph blockId="91.[260,1803,2592,2755]" box="[300,994,2634,2672]" pageId="91" pageNumber="592">
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TYPE LOCALITY:
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<collectingCountry box="[547,775,2634,2672]" name="Mozambique" pageId="91" pageNumber="592">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingRegion box="[794,988,2634,2672]" country="Mozambique" name="Inhambane" pageId="91" pageNumber="592">Inhambane</collectingRegion>
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.
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</paragraph>
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DISTRIBUTION: From Pirie Forest (northwest of King William's Town) in SE
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<collectingRegion box="[1568,1754,2675,2714]" country="South Africa" name="Western Cape" pageId="91" pageNumber="592">Cape Prov.</collectingRegion>
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of
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<collectingCountry box="[386,600,2717,2755]" name="South Africa" pageId="91" pageNumber="592">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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north through Natal and Transvaal into E
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<collectingCountry box="[1340,1520,2717,2755]" name="Zimbabwe" pageId="91" pageNumber="592">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
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(Melsetter and Umtali districts) and
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<collectingCountry box="[716,940,314,354]" name="Mozambique" pageId="92" pageNumber="593">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
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south of the Zambezi River (see
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<bibRefCitation author="Meester, J. A. J. & I. L. Rautenbach & N. J. Dippenaar & C. M. Baker" pageId="92" pageNumber="593" refId="ref236076" refString="Meester, J. A. J., I. L. Rautenbach, N. J. Dippenaar, and C. M. Baker. 1986. Classification of southern African mammals. Transvaal Museum Monograph, 5: 1 - 359." year="1986">Meester et al., 1986</bibRefCitation>
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; Smither and Tello, 1976;
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<bibRefCitation author="Skinner, J. D. & R. H. N. Smithers" box="[874,1351,359,395]" pageId="92" pageNumber="593" refId="ref329484" refString="Skinner, J. D., and R. H. N. Smithers. 1990. The mammals of the southern African subregion. Second ed. University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, 771 pp." year="1990">Skinner and Smithers, 1990</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection box="[259,625,401,439]" pageId="92" pageNumber="593" type="synonym_list">
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SYNONYMS:
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1938" box="[444,615,401,439]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="92" pageNumber="593" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="silindensis">silindensis</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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<subSubSection pageId="92" pageNumber="593" type="discussion">
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COMMENTS: The geographic range of G.
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1908" box="[929,1051,442,481]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="92" pageNumber="593" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cometes">
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<emphasis box="[929,1051,442,481]" italics="true" pageId="92" pageNumber="593">cometes</emphasis>
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has been outlined as extending north from
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through East Africa to S
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<collectingCountry box="[998,1106,485,523]" name="Sudan" pageId="92" pageNumber="593">Sudan</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Hutterer, R. & F. Dieterlen" box="[1132,1627,485,523]" pageId="92" pageNumber="593" refId="ref163718" refString="Hutterer, R., and F. Dieterlen. 1984. Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Grammomys aus Athiopien und Kenia (Mammalia: Muridae). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, ser. A (Biologie), 347: 1 - 18." year="1984">Hutterer and Dieterlen, 1984</bibRefCitation>
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) but pending revisionary study of the genus we restrict it to the eastern segment of the Southern African Subregion south of Zambezi River (similar to the rang mapped by
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<bibRefCitation author="Skinner, J. D. & R. H. N. Smithers" box="[344,890,610,648]" pageId="92" pageNumber="593" refId="ref329484" refString="Skinner, J. D., and R. H. N. Smithers. 1990. The mammals of the southern African subregion. Second ed. University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, 771 pp." year="1990">Skinner and Smithers, 1990:225</bibRefCitation>
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), and consider samples north of that river to be G.
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Osgood" baseAuthorityYear="1910" box="[345,464,650,689]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="92" pageNumber="593" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ibeanus">
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<emphasis box="[345,464,650,689]" italics="true" pageId="92" pageNumber="593">ibeanus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(see that account). We studied the
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of
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1908" box="[1282,1404,650,689]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="92" pageNumber="593" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cometes">
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<emphasis box="[1282,1404,650,689]" italics="true" pageId="92" pageNumber="593">cometes</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and the other specimens in the type series noted by
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<bibRefCitation author="Thomas, O. & R. C. Wroughton" box="[1004,1539,692,731]" pageId="92" pageNumber="593" refId="ref355915" refString="Thomas, O., and R. C. Wroughton. 1908. The Rudd exploration of S. Africa. -- X. List of mammals collected by Mr. Grant near Tette, Zambesia. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1908: 535 - 552." year="1908">Thomas and Wroughton (1908)</bibRefCitation>
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; these animals are on average larger and have more highly inflated bullae than do those from north of the Zambesi River.
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<bibRefCitation author="Ansell, W. F. H." box="[725,950,776,815]" pageId="92" pageNumber="593" 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>
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and
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<bibRefCitation author="Ansell, W. F. H. & R. J. Dowsett" box="[1040,1494,776,815]" pageId="92" pageNumber="593" 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>
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assigned samples from
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<collectingCountry box="[439,567,819,857]" name="Zambia" pageId="92" pageNumber="593">Zambia</collectingCountry>
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and
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<collectingCountry box="[657,784,819,857]" name="Malawi" pageId="92" pageNumber="593">Malawi</collectingCountry>
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to
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<emphasis box="[842,974,819,857]" italics="true" pageId="92" pageNumber="593">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1908" box="[842,969,819,857]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="92" pageNumber="593" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cometes">cometes</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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but were also impressed with the chromatic and morphological contrast between them and the
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<typeStatus box="[1149,1300,861,899]" pageId="92" pageNumber="593">holotype</typeStatus>
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from Inhambane. The specimen from the Pirie Forest (in the American Museum of Natural History) represents a range extension south of Natal.
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