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<emphasis id="7ADE435638D3482997D3EE15A196F8C2" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Mastomys pernanus</emphasis>
Kershaw 1921
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<emphasis id="BA56EE9A249F44AE966BD3F47E5481B4" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Mastomys pernanus</emphasis>
Kershaw 1921
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,
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.
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<paragraph id="6F26FD3C5D3DA89ABD511B9F1B4BA29C" pageNumber="1367">
<emphasis id="A62BF27B2089FBF7A348A57999760AC1" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1367">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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SW
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, Amala (Mara) River; see G. M.
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and
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for details.
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<paragraph id="E1B7CC548186839F2D446CC64447FAF0" pageNumber="1367">
<emphasis id="4C4DEF47654151240E5FC2DCAA1EF4A0" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1367">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="6D8C2CB2C64341A93A33CAEA82792470" language="eng" pageNumber="1367">Dwarf Mastomys</vernacularName>
.
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<emphasis id="95F7B2EEB90916AD14C96DA745CC7C17" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1367">Distribution:</emphasis>
Published records are from SW
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, N
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, and
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(
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; see map inVan der Straeten, 1999:228).
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<emphasis id="942EBAEEFCFB1ECD31C1349FFF837ECA" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1367">Conservation:</emphasis>
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Data Deficient.
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<emphasis id="4D6002CDD70BC9D2E4EC7196AF54BBF8" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1367">Discussion:</emphasis>
Known by very few specimens.
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listed
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as a distinctive species of
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<emphasis id="C732DB0B885C92B8A2EFE5C8A04351C3" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Rattus</emphasis>
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in the subgenus
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<emphasis id="EFDD2CBB05F8CCD7132110F258A27B4B" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Mastomys</emphasis>
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, but earlier G. M.
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had treated it as a species of
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<emphasis id="442C40386EBD4C49C10454569C26E2CC" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Myomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="D4CF7841F60F8934B37671A9E5B6BFFC" author="Robbins, C. B. &amp; E. Van der Straeten" refId="ref305902" refString="Robbins, C. B., and E. Van der Straeten. 1989. Comments on the systematics of Mastomys Thomas 1915 with the description of a new West African species. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 69: 1 - 14." year="1989">Robbins and Van der Straeten (1989)</bibRefCitation>
claimed this a possibility.
<bibRefCitation id="C58AEBEB6A810C0AA6E7B218602C3837" author="Misonne, X. &amp; J. Verschuren" refId="ref243449" refString="Misonne, X., and J. Verschuren. 1964. Notes sur Rattus pernanus Kershaw, 1921. Mammalia, 28: 654 - 658." year="1964">Misonne and Verschuren (1964</bibRefCitation>
, 1966
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), however, discussed the problem and concluded that
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<emphasis id="2D9C35A7D7E34B152731CDFED456DC2B" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">pernanus</emphasis>
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should be associated with
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<emphasis id="A5E6ADB5CB76EBD59E06B5E062467B5A" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Mastomys</emphasis>
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, an arrangement endorsed by Van der Straeten (1999). Van der Straeten (1999) studied and measured all known specimens (except those from
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extracted from raptor pellets and a skull from
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reported by
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, which could not be found in the Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen at Brussels). His principal component analysis contrasting
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of
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<emphasis id="F900FBF20892D80061D3ED5ADCC988C4" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">M. pernanus</emphasis>
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with
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of taxa in
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<emphasis id="CC00FA0F250B02B11C32B5FF4C2AEEE4" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Praomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="70E2003ABCB1327811B2AF6E7C8672C8" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Mastomys</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="55FB313C7B113D0DF2C59478E8C09871" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Myomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="2DFA706F1B44C2B7CC9FCC6DCC456289" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Myomyscus</emphasis>
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, and
<taxonomicName id="9A60972DB8A0DB07D5FD5639A0A6889B" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Hylomyscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="143D8E1062D724F888EA79AB50E1A68A" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Hylomyscus</emphasis>
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indicated
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<emphasis id="D9919977DF4CA91E978B05AB7429F7A1" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">M. pernanus</emphasis>
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could be a dwarf
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<emphasis id="55B7D43DF7BC54CDD1E02A196E335C01" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Mastomys</emphasis>
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. Van der Straeten (1999) and
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Granjon et al. (1997
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suggested that molecular data might provide sharper resolution of
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<emphasis id="E3153ED2894B428D863CDB891B7EE6FA" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">M. pernanus</emphasis>
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s affinities. Recent analyses of complete mtDNA cytochrome
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(
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Lecompte et al., 2002
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) and nuclear
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gene (
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) sequences did not cluster
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<emphasis id="426180030D4AF3F4DFB75C239258B568" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">M. pernanus</emphasis>
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with the other species of
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<emphasis id="5F1AF3792685320EF6E3DEB1C5468164" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Mastomys</emphasis>
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tested (
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<emphasis id="DECE2B1EC162938785CAFA7A360CA407" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">M. coucha</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="66E6F354123BEC2EC8A60675CCFD1A66" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">M. huberti</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="9B07AFBBB8A5A83831CFCFAD35341C64" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">M. erythroleucus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="369C2A6111562A7BEA1B643F5535FDE2" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="natalensis">
<emphasis id="029162548B9607AEDC63FE8740471ADD" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">M. natalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="0EB02145D0DF5BB6A61D7C6BF3137F59" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kollmannspergeri">
<emphasis id="4ADF320F1031E8124AD97278532EA252" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">M. kollmannspergeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[reported as
<taxonomicName id="C017EE4E65F0341379EAC785646306B7" authorityName="Robbins and Van der Straeten" authorityYear="1989" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verheyeni">
<emphasis id="F5A6A2B417CCB91FE3E4BACA410E54B7" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">verheyeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
]), but aligned it with
<taxonomicName id="C74A8E6FF72E3A64BE12EBB611C2752A" authorityName="Misonne" authorityYear="1969" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Heimyscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5AEA4351342A1EEDBC5F5A270EF82628" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Heimyscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and species of
<taxonomicName id="69D4997AB230D480989FCBCD909C7735" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Hylomyscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="867F538AEAEC10EAA136B205B9D5E9B4" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Hylomyscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Keeping
<taxonomicName id="E3DFC1F17F737EB83B011B2E4F2FDAF1" authorityName="Kershaw" authorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pernanus">
<emphasis id="E103C38DD3BAFA6600774A2C3E0C048B" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">pernanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
within
<taxonomicName id="A3FEF62B6A1B2E262395FBFC787C68D1" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C4C5FD7716AE7EB04504A7F2CE8FCF31" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Mastomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
renders that genus polyphyletic, but extracting it will require additional analyses using a broader array of genes to determine if
<taxonomicName id="DCE8FF2ACF5B74D105D002747FC200EF" authorityName="Kershaw" authorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pernanus">
<emphasis id="17121A6D12F307EE74970FE75F6BC588" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">pernanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the sole member of a separate genus related to
<taxonomicName id="D295C3CE32011F47150229DB79277FA5" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Hylomyscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="BEC180C44FAC354564005C06660D27D2" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Hylomyscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or to be included within that genus (see discussion in
<bibRefCitation id="B8EE277FB3C7599422A8D443B5CD3CA0" author="Lecompte, E." refId="ref208395" refString="Lecompte, E. 2003. Systematique et evolution du groupe Praomys (Rodentia, Murinae). These Docteur du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 365 pp." year="2003">Lecompte, 2003</bibRefCitation>
).
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