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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: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:title>Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)</mods:title>
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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="77.[264,1877,1190,2111]" box="[264,1619,1190,1229]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">
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<treatmentCitation author="Thomas" authority="Thomas, 1903" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" box="[264,1491,1190,1229]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" issue="2" journal="Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond." kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="312" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="somalicus" title="Arvicanthis somalicus" volume="1902" year="1903">
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<taxonomicName authority="Thomas, 1903" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" box="[264,870,1190,1229]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="somalicus">
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<emphasis box="[264,623,1190,1229]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">Arvicanthis somalicus</emphasis>
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Thomas, 1903
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<bibCitation author="Thomas" box="[895,1491,1190,1229]" issue="2" journal="Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond." pageId="77" pageNumber="578" pagination="312" title="Arvicanthis somalicus" volume="1902" year="1903">Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1902(2):312</bibCitation>
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[1903].
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<subSubSection box="[306,1344,1232,1270]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph blockId="77.[264,1877,1190,2111]" box="[306,1344,1232,1270]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">
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TYPE LOCALITY:
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<materialsCitation box="[553,1335,1232,1270]" country="Somalia" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">
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Northern Somaliland (
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<collectingCountry box="[941,1080,1232,1270]" name="Somalia" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">Somalia</collectingCountry>
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), Shuk,
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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<paragraph blockId="77.[264,1877,1190,2111]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">
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DISTRIBUTION: N and E Rift Valleys of
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<collectingCountry box="[939,1078,1275,1313]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Yalden, D. W. & M. J. Largen & D. Kock" box="[1107,1427,1275,1313]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" refId="ref397218" refString="Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, and D. Kock. 1976. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia. 2. Insectivora and Rodentia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 8 (1): 1 - 118." year="1976">Yalden et al., 1976</bibRefCitation>
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),
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<collectingCountry box="[1459,1598,1275,1313]" name="Somalia" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">Somalia</collectingCountry>
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, extreme SE
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<collectingCountry box="[391,497,1317,1355]" name="Sudan" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">Sudan</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Dieterlen, F. & G. Nikolaus" box="[525,1032,1317,1355]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" refId="ref84817" refString="Dieterlen, F., and G. Nikolaus. 1985. Zur Saugetierfauna des Sudan- - weitere Erstnachweise und bemerkenswerte Funde. Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen, 32: 205 - 209." year="1985">Dieterlen and Nikolaus, 1985</bibRefCitation>
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), and south through
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<collectingCountry box="[1394,1499,1317,1355]" name="Kenya" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">Kenya</collectingCountry>
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in and east of the Rift Valley (
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<bibRefCitation author="Dollman, G." box="[599,848,1358,1396]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" refId="ref87523" refString="Dollman, G. 1911. On Arvicanthis abyssinicus and allied East-African species, with descriptions of four new forms. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 8: 334 - 353." year="1911">Dollman, 1911</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Hollister, N." box="[868,1115,1358,1396]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" 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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) to C and EC
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<collectingCountry box="[1363,1517,1358,1396]" name="Tanzania" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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on both sides of the Rift; limits have yet to be resolved.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection box="[306,947,1443,1481]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" type="synonym_list">
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<paragraph blockId="77.[264,1877,1190,2111]" box="[306,947,1443,1481]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">
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SYNONYMS:
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Matschie" baseAuthorityYear="1894" box="[492,651,1443,1481]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="neumanni">neumanni</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Dollman" authorityYear="1911" box="[671,791,1443,1481]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="reptans">reptans</taxonomicName>
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, rumruti.
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<subSubSection pageId="77" pageNumber="578" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="77.[264,1877,1190,2111]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">
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COMMENTS: From the time it was described by
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<bibRefCitation author="Thomas, O." box="[1092,1334,1484,1522]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" refId="ref352582" refString="Thomas, O. 1903. Notes on Neotropical mammals of the genera Felis, Hapale, Oryzomys, Akodon, and Ctenomys, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, 12: 234 - 243." year="1903">Thomas (1903</bibRefCitation>
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«),
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" box="[1384,1590,1484,1522]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="somalicus">
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<emphasis box="[1384,1590,1484,1522]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">A. somalicus</emphasis>
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has been treated as a species (
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<bibRefCitation author="Allen, G. M." box="[753,949,1527,1565]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" refId="ref4894" refString="Allen, G. M. 1939. A checklist of African mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 83: 1 - 763." year="1939">Allen, 1939</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Dollman, G." box="[970,1218,1527,1565]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" refId="ref87523" refString="Dollman, G. 1911. On Arvicanthis abyssinicus and allied East-African species, with descriptions of four new forms. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 8: 334 - 353." year="1911">Dollman, 1911</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Ellerman, J. R." box="[1239,1498,1527,1565]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" refId="ref92857" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp." year="1941">Ellerman, 1941</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Hollister, N." box="[1519,1775,1527,1565]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" 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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), and with an exception or two (e.g.,
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<bibRefCitation author="Misonne, X." box="[929,1182,1570,1607]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" refId="ref243324" refString="Misonne, X. 1974. Order Rodentia. Part 6. Pp. 1 - 39, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.). [issued 10 Sep 1974]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated." year="1974">Misonne, 1974</bibRefCitation>
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), retains that status (
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<bibRefCitation author="Rousseau, M." box="[1549,1817,1570,1607]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" refId="ref311222" refString="Rousseau, M. 1983. Etude des Arvicanthis du Museum de Paris par analyses factorielles (Rongeurs, Murides). Mammalia, 47: 525 - 542." year="1983">Rousseau, 1983</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Yalden, D. W. & M. J. Largen & D. Kock" box="[391,711,1612,1649]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" refId="ref397218" refString="Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, and D. Kock. 1976. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia. 2. Insectivora and Rodentia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 8 (1): 1 - 118." year="1976">Yalden et al., 1976</bibRefCitation>
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). Both reliable published records (see above) and specimens we examined document the northern and central range of
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<emphasis box="[1334,1549,1652,1690]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" box="[1334,1544,1652,1690]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="somalicus">A. somalicus</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Known southern limits of the species are defined by samples from the Mawele region south of
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<collectingRegion box="[1737,1852,1694,1733]" country="Tanzania" name="Tabora" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">Tabora</collectingRegion>
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(Mwanasomano's,
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S
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<collectingRegion box="[853,967,1737,1773]" country="Tanzania" name="Tabora" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">Tabora</collectingRegion>
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) in C
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<collectingCountry box="[1078,1230,1737,1773]" name="Tanzania" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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and southeast of there at Kilosa in EC
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<collectingCountry box="[451,604,1778,1816]" name="Tanzania" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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(specimens in Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard). The species is sympatric with both
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Desmarest" baseAuthorityYear="1822" box="[789,976,1820,1858]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="niloticus">
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<emphasis box="[789,976,1820,1858]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">A. niloticus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<emphasis box="[1064,1324,1820,1858]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="J. A. Allen" authorityYear="1909" box="[1064,1246,1820,1858]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nairobae">A. nairobae</taxonomicName>
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(see
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</emphasis>
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those accounts).
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<bibRefCitation author="Allen, G. M. & A. Loveridge" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" refId="ref5008" refString="Allen, G. M., and A. Loveridge. 1933. Reports on the scientific results of an expedition to the southwestern highlands of Tanganyika Territory. II. Mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 75: 47 - 140." year="1933">Allen and Loveridge (1933: 117)</bibRefCitation>
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recorded
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<specimenCount box="[929,1204,1862,1900]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" type="generic">three specimens</specimenCount>
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from
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<collectingRegion box="[1313,1456,1862,1900]" country="Tanzania" name="Mwanza" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">Mwanza</collectingRegion>
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on the southern margin of Lake Victoria in
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<collectingCountry box="[721,875,1903,1942]" name="Tanzania" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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under the name
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<taxonomicName box="[1172,1308,1903,1942]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="muansae">
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<emphasis box="[1172,1308,1903,1942]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">muansae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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thinking they represented topotypes of that form, but the
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<typeStatus box="[934,1083,1946,1984]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">holotype</typeStatus>
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of
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<taxonomicName box="[1141,1277,1946,1984]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="muansae">
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<emphasis box="[1141,1277,1946,1984]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">muansae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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from
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<collectingRegion box="[1385,1529,1946,1984]" country="Tanzania" name="Mwanza" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">Mwanza</collectingRegion>
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is very large with dark pelage (
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<bibRefCitation author="Matschie, P." box="[620,869,1989,2026]" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" refId="ref230482" refString="Matschie, P. 1911. Uber einige Saugetiere aus Muansa am Victoria-Nyansa. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde, Berlin, 8: 333 - 343." year="1911">Matschie, 1911</bibRefCitation>
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) and is an example of
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<emphasis box="[1267,1465,1989,2026]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Desmarest" baseAuthorityYear="1822" box="[1267,1459,1989,2026]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="niloticus">A. niloticus</taxonomicName>
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,
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while their sample is clearly the much smaller and paler
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<emphasis box="[1004,1218,2029,2068]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" box="[1004,1207,2029,2068]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="77" pageNumber="578" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="somalicus">A. somalicus</taxonomicName>
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;
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</emphasis>
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<collectingRegion box="[1232,1375,2029,2068]" country="Tanzania" name="Mwanza" pageId="77" pageNumber="578">Mwanza</collectingRegion>
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is probably another site of sympatry.
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