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<taxonomicName id="79E45AC033A1B9CAA1A85D1C0EA19BB0" ID-CoL="4332" authority="Smith 1829" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1829" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="936" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="E53909888CC5A019030D655D9D6781A6" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromus</emphasis>
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Smith 1829
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<treatmentCitation id="AF815C2380A793A17495ADACD3DC24AB" author="Smith" authority="Smith 1829" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1829" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" journal="Zool. J. Lond." kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="438" pageNumber="936" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" title="Dendromus" volume="4" year="1829">
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<emphasis id="547D8D47B74B478B795497E190773EC9" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromus</emphasis>
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Smith 1829
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,
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</treatmentCitation>
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.
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<paragraph id="35E27432A3F29FE68F6D203DBE96F052" pageNumber="936">
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<emphasis id="F229B0878D882A76EE3E2221684139CC" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="936">Type Species:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="2F195CA9C657BCAACB2D4EF6E25A1026" italics="true" pageNumber="936">
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Dendromus
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<typeStatus id="29B7A695F9084ABA1BD5710A4F9B6790">typus</typeStatus>
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Smith 1829
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<paragraph id="A1872B98232A65B930EE50B511C6B014" pageNumber="936">
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<emphasis id="9FA82F64875673CEE64CE3A04417AD47" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="936">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="AE989008FFD6C208E382306893286308" authority="Thomas 1916" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Chortomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="936" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="91B3BE9A9C7F4931525065FEC2FE210A" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Chortomys</emphasis>
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Thomas 1916
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;
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<taxonomicName id="520EBAA65182BBE9CA5AADEBE8557C05" authority="J. B. Fischer 1830" authorityName="J. B. Fischer" authorityYear="1830" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="936" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="5F2FCDDB8CBDFCEE661D133B5A6AE6F1" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromys</emphasis>
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J. B. Fischer 1830
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;
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<taxonomicName id="CC51E3F81930FA82E45427C70224D56F" authority="Smuts 1832" authorityName="Smuts" authorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="936" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="49F68DE32441A533FB2353C0C1BD6A85" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromys</emphasis>
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Smuts 1832
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</taxonomicName>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="29286D800DB264D437822D9D4865FEB3" authority="Thomas 1916" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Poemys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="936" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="94CB8E49CCD9170C8A4A8C328E9B97A8" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Poemys</emphasis>
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Thomas 1916
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.
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<subSubSection id="342F71D0862C0C5DEB97833838A34696" pageNumber="936" type="child_taxa">
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<paragraph id="CF3826F134347E2D10EF2C83A071D50C" pageNumber="936">
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<emphasis id="66A9622B44903AE21C503D860EB54307" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="936">Species and subspecies:</emphasis>
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12 species:
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0D2A5BEE4D8EB64D59D3ECC0B99EC579" pageNumber="936">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="8033BAC696468365383F98206021738B" authority="Thomas 1903" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="936" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="insignis">
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<emphasis id="8351C0DA4FB8F316B31C0C88F7452CEC" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromus insignis</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="83ADB03BA7755601F249AD85FB723282" author="Thomas, O." 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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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0DF8715A57E5D9F23B3BEDABF82FD8F4" pageNumber="936">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="8EAB6FBA01B5CF7A166DD5839D142CF7" authority="Dieterlen 1969" authorityName="Dieterlen" authorityYear="1969" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="936" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kahuziensis">
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<emphasis id="D1615542A57E1E90201BE6F1DE81F52E" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromus kahuziensis</emphasis>
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Dieterlen 1969
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0293EEBC5ECEBEB3276086FAC797984D" pageNumber="936">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="34263E5236D817FB3B2DAB0EC064D81E" authority="Monard 1933" authorityName="Monard" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="936" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leucostomus">
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<emphasis id="4F1EC6F03B47641F3FA6CC015181D1D4" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromus leucostomus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="933502CE2C647D71560275CE2931ADD8" author="Monard, A." refId="ref245070" refString="Monard, A. 1933. Mission Scientifique Suisse dans l'Angola. Resultats scientifiques. Mammiferes. Part VI: Rongeurs. Bulletin de la Societe Neuchateloise des Sciences Naturelles, 57: 53 - 63." year="1933">Monard 1933</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1704770A09758D3857E81D4222EEBC1C" pageNumber="936">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="2480610C3BCACABA18617A2A96237359" authority="de Winton 1899" authorityName="de Winton" authorityYear="1899" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="936" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lovati">
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<emphasis id="A80C0A17DB1CFACABDE076B430492526" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromus lovati</emphasis>
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de Winton 1899
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A2FD995B57B324F85CB3D3029EE3D53D" pageNumber="936">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="91262B3D7B7E4E1B9F4FD667F14C031A" authority="Smith 1834" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="936" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanotis">
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<emphasis id="6FBE001122396F7E5ED45F14842F3CBC" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromus melanotis</emphasis>
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Smith 1834
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7F5E59D2DCD2344082293C556487DA9B" pageNumber="936">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="C4698B63438D5C463031A144FC4EE97A" authority="(Brants 1827)" baseAuthorityName="Brants" baseAuthorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="936" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas">
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<emphasis id="7AC853F2C71D91460D3A692A7166F8C0" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromus mesomelas</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="DB00B27909ED0C64B4850398F33CB28B" author="Brants, A." refId="ref40324" refString="Brants, A. 1827. Het Geslacht der muizen door Linnaeus opgesteld, volgens de tegenswoordige toestand der wetenschap in familien, geslachten en soorten verdeeld. Academische Boekdrukkerij, Berlijn, 190 pp." year="1827">Brants 1827</bibRefCitation>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="39634CEAE23465C8F3CDE2375AB952A6" pageNumber="936">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="A99CF6D28E6A7E77988EEFD5D25C2C8E" authority="Thomas 1903" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="936" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="messorius">
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<emphasis id="273291F4B8E112A68F939F1E7AD2939F" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromus messorius</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="0714F7D48C66956652B63185EE9A2415" author="Thomas, O." 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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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="979A0FC0444643F7898CBABA41FEBE94" pageNumber="936">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="051CF971D0505C13C298B572DC07A0D7" authority="Heuglin 1863" authorityName="Heuglin" authorityYear="1863" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="936" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mystacalis">
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<emphasis id="15E303C873BD0BB9377553957D6CF3E8" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromus mystacalis</emphasis>
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Heuglin 1863
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5CC79B1BAE81776EEA5762ED3CEE06C9" pageNumber="936">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="AF818F7027978E790C078E1C77E57E73" authority="Thomas 1916" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="936" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nyasae">
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<emphasis id="DED0DF28C9085E2B2B3200638EDEDB1A" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromus nyasae</emphasis>
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Thomas 1916
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="055B1A4AC5654388430686548D777905" pageNumber="936">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="7FA6822303510FE2D7100A440E4C60D9" authority="Wroughton 1909" authorityName="Wroughton" authorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="936" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nyikae">
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<emphasis id="A9F1CF24531109380E4425094918E59B" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromus nyikae</emphasis>
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Wroughton 1909
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="642B9218CFB098D33C977727359C723C" pageNumber="936">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="AF3B3C5E0D4D28ABCC838D15CD521249" authority="Osgood 1936" authorityName="Osgood" authorityYear="1936" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="936" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oreas">
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<emphasis id="4F4AD40BDF90C13BC9204FAA0308A91C" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromus oreas</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="E7892F072D9851FC220B0E587E2A9A7A" author="Osgood, W. H." refId="ref269005" refString="Osgood, W. H. 1936. New and imperfectly known small mammals from Africa. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 20: 217 - 256." year="1936">Osgood 1936</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="837FBF7A8A3CC2BC213989BEA87D0F2E" pageNumber="936">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="6E0FEE17E6DEF3D8722D2576F0ADCD3E" authority="Hill and Carter 1937" authorityName="Hill and Carter" authorityYear="1937" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="936" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vernayi">
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<emphasis id="B083E0EF45B09B8B05535A6E04C05017" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromus vernayi</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="F10C8C904FADDA9D83FC1F4911A10F9A" author="Hill, J. E. & T. D. Carter" refId="ref152532" refString="Hill, J. E., and T. D. Carter. 1937. Ten new rodents from Angola, Africa. American Museum Novitates, 913: 9 pp." year="1937">Hill and Carter 1937</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="07B128AD04399AF23BC94CE7CEC4381B" pageNumber="936" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="932C1C509209FFC623F89452D26DCA32" pageNumber="936">
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<emphasis id="66DB811A5ED354919F16BE69EB9DDA4A" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="936">Discussion:</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="80F066E4ABCB4A3D71A038014FCB0D3D" pageNumber="936">
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<bibRefCitation id="047C8EF69F08BB165E40EC8695A41266" author="Rosevear, D. R." refId="ref310288" refString="Rosevear, D. R. 1969. The rodents of West Africa. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 677: 1 - 604." year="1969">Rosevear (1969)</bibRefCitation>
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thoroughly reviewed historical usages of generic names given in the synonymy. In his checklist of African mammals, G. M.
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<bibRefCitation id="CC17CD95090338B4E58E1086BF0EAEEE" author="Allen, G. M." 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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listed 29 species of
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<taxonomicName id="31E5C456D8D30C1753EBE96B04BDA13D" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1829" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="67E5B3F6AD24369BDA59FECC076D4335" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, soon after reduced to four by Bohmann’s (1942) revision. Based on morphological traits and ecological associations,
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<bibRefCitation id="7D24DFED4FB34C92C8CE926159A37B48" author="Dieterlen, F." refId="ref84301" refString="Dieterlen, F. 1971. Beitrage zur Systematik, Okologie und Biologie der Gattung Dendromus (Dendromurinae, Cricetidae, Rodentia), insbesondere ihrer zentralafrikanischen Formen. Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen, 19: 97 - 132." year="1971">Dieterlen (1971)</bibRefCitation>
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recognized five species within the central African region. We recognize twelve based on specimen examination from North American and European museums and on literature sources; most have clear morphological and geographic characteristics, a few are heterogeneous entities and require further taxonomic revision. Chromosomal information for several species were reported by
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<bibRefCitation id="15195C2764FEE9D7F2EC8A55C8A062C1" author="Matthey, R." refId="ref231476" refString="Matthey, R. 1967 a. Note sur la cytogenetique de quelques murides Africains. Mammalia, 31: 281 - 287." year="1967">
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Matthey (1967
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<emphasis id="A0822B033396A378D1BDAC973150AB35" italics="true" pageNumber="936">a</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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, 1970). The species have been traditionally segregated into the subgenera
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<taxonomicName id="04025F9D7DDE271317AE9E6763F67654" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Poemys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="A1DF31CE1529F3BEE2E0DF16570522DD" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Poemys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(hallux with a nail—
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<taxonomicName id="FB3793F543FE0C0CBE585F7E9B85D467" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanotis">
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<emphasis id="154A42118E929959FAEB967EFFF40EC7" italics="true" pageNumber="936">D. melanotis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="60EC0984B181E9E1E1866B91E645276A" authorityName="Wroughton" authorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nyikae">
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<emphasis id="2092B98CE0C933D0409E647E1ED9491A" italics="true" pageNumber="936">D. nyikae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) and
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<taxonomicName id="FAC69F2A7A32C2CCB06F462D53A3D53D" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1829" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="311CB17B80C434E101A12C64EB9E1D1E" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(hallux bears a claw—all other species) (see
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<bibRefCitation id="399B56A6E1C324DBEDC4EF117604D9E0" author="Ansell, W. F. H." refId="ref11149" refString="Ansell, W. F. H. 1974 b. Some mammals from Zambia and adjacent countries. Puku, supplement, 1: 1 - 49." year="1974">
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Ansell, 1974
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<emphasis id="3EBAA0C34971557C0779C46439E887FC" italics="true" pageNumber="936">b</emphasis>
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, for utility of the hallucial trait and other characters proposed to define subgenera).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C536CF9942473AFE3269FF6E62C21FFF" pageNumber="936">
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The extant diversity of
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<taxonomicName id="8FC361E9F17EE29FF5F1AA93F3D2EFD6" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1829" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="C4010E76B728297B0CA685F6664514EA" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in Subsaharan Africa mirrors an equal or greater radiation of extinct species. Recorded earliest from the late Miocene of S
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<collectingCountry id="07550F024925B05C0F6316E9032EB83C" name="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="BAE35FE11FDEB5630CD2F19B03851F20" author="Geraads, D." refId="ref119471" refString="Geraads, D. 2001. Rongeurs du Miocene Superieur de Chorora, Ethiopie: Murinae, Dendromurinae et conclusions. Palaeovertebrata, 30 (1 - 2): 89 - 109." year="2001">Geraads, 2001</bibRefCitation>
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); additional species uncovered in Pliocene-Pleistocene sediments in
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<collectingCountry id="639838936B52CEC8A5AE130C0CCCF093" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="5857B8E8B83B9B7CEAA67CBEAE700D77" author="Avery, D. M." refId="ref15980" refString="Avery, D. M. 1995. A preliminary assessment of the micromammalian remains from Gladysvale Cave, South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana, 32: 1 - 10." year="1995">Avery, 1995</bibRefCitation>
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, 1998;
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<bibRefCitation id="CF785A3F684B63A4703744667E01CF00" author="Denys, C." refId="ref81966" refString="Denys, C. 1994 b. Nouvelles especes de Dendromus (Rongeurs, Muroidea) a Langebaanweg (Pliocene, Afrique du Sud) consequences stratigraphiques et paleoecologiques. Palaeovertebrata, 13 (1 - 4): 153 - 176." year="1994">
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Denys, 1994
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<emphasis id="EB7EB5939061857424946B98001BB540" italics="true" pageNumber="936">b</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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) and East Africa (
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<bibRefCitation id="6D6673F4AC8DA441919A506581EE6F6D" author="Denys, C." refId="ref81481" refString="Denys, C. 1987 a. Rodentia and Lagomorpha. 6.1. Fossil rodents (other than Pedetidae) from Laetoli. Pp. 118 - 170, in Laetoli, a Pliocene site in northern Tanzania (M. D. Leakey and J. M. Harris, eds.). Clarendon Press, Oxford, 561 pp." year="1987">
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Denys, 1987
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<emphasis id="BFC8AD4F13F3346261009E8E0846C5A3" italics="true" pageNumber="936">a</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<emphasis id="E109232C7B87A0D22E7E254B9F8AC08B" italics="true" pageNumber="936">b</emphasis>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="53954129AFFBD39F27CD15709D2AE710" author="Jaeger, J. - J." refId="ref171378" refString="Jaeger, J. - J. 1979. Les faunes de rongeurs et de lagomorphes du Pliocene et du Pleistocene d'Afrique orientale. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France, 21 (3): 301 - 308." year="1979">Jaeger, 1979</bibRefCitation>
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). Of the two species
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<bibRefCitation id="608164638A9082EDD37FFE5A171DB89D" author="Denys, C." refId="ref81966" refString="Denys, C. 1994 b. Nouvelles especes de Dendromus (Rongeurs, Muroidea) a Langebaanweg (Pliocene, Afrique du Sud) consequences stratigraphiques et paleoecologiques. Palaeovertebrata, 13 (1 - 4): 153 - 176." year="1994">
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Denys (1994
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<emphasis id="D9A69A4814AC440C596D9DC45555C60E" italics="true" pageNumber="936">b</emphasis>
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)
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</bibRefCitation>
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named from the Pliocene Langebaanweg site, southern Africa,
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<taxonomicName id="1088AB9C721B87D91997E76E0B901E33" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="darti">
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<emphasis id="CAE33988F3411C85A44A992BAB1C9C79" italics="true" pageNumber="936">D. darti</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is most closely related to living
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<taxonomicName id="E80242153AE037B56CD979622D843AF4" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanotis">
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<emphasis id="10BA94CD9833658CAE3E3E301769A3E1" italics="true" pageNumber="936">D. melanotis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="888CD0A07FCB129F99A02DF7FD9FC178" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="averyi">
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<emphasis id="7E1AB1EA50EB39F78A2B130DF1320805" italics="true" pageNumber="936">D. averyi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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to extant
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<taxonomicName id="F604DC52E88ACDA421640B835EE5C486" baseAuthorityName="Brants" baseAuthorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas">
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<emphasis id="22B4B54B7E0B88BB7A96EFE27A1BCD16" italics="true" pageNumber="936">D. mesomelas</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. Two species of
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<taxonomicName id="99D958692992BFF77D5F982C95F93602" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1829" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="A412755D6268E7C3A32DE13394CA8D49" italics="true" pageNumber="936">Dendromus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are also known outside Africa, from late Miocene sediments in the
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<collectingCountry id="584D63D88CE9D010A3A4BF70161434A7" name="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</collectingCountry>
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(de Bruijn, 1999;
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<bibRefCitation id="357C85682B365FF6A10BBEE073D9A4F2" author="de Bruijn, H. & P. J. Whybrow" refId="ref76652" refString="de Bruijn, H., and P. J. Whybrow. 1994. A Late Miocene rodent fauna from the Baynunah formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, 97 (4): 407 - 422." year="1994">de Bruijn and Whybrow, 1994</bibRefCitation>
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); their molars are strikingly similar to the South African species
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</paragraph>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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