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<emphasis id="5F3842A32D3EB15B608DCC2E5A86047A" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">Thallomys paedulcus</emphasis>
(Sundevall 1846)
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<treatmentCitation id="D94CDA575D232CCAF401E7A8194F0232" author="Sundevall" authority="(Sundevall 1846)" baseAuthorityName="Sundevall" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="120" pageNumber="1509" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paedulcus" title="[Thallomys] paedulcus" volumeTitle="Ofv. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. Stockholm, Vol. 3" year="1846">
<taxonomicName id="C45BECC05A501CCDE7EC89511D4B24BC" ID-CoL="7C4ZT" authority="(Sundevall 1846)" baseAuthorityName="Sundevall" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1509" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paedulcus">
<emphasis id="DC1495D3984C7B6107C69023A69037F3" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">[Thallomys] paedulcus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="F71E2AB847027D18F374E691CF1D96D8" author="Sundevall, C. J." refId="ref344234" refString="Sundevall, C. J. 1846. Methodisk ofversigt af Idislande djuren Linnes Pecora. Kongliga Vetenskaps-Ajademiens Handlinger for ar 1844: 121 - 210." year="1846">Sundevall 1846</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<bibCitation id="FFF11D7093C4C5D1F3DBA37471BF875F" author="Sundevall" pageNumber="1509" pagination="120" title="[Thallomys] paedulcus" volumeTitle="Ofv. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. Stockholm, Vol. 3" year="1846">
Ofv. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl.
<collectingRegion id="094CB2DF2A3570E72A3D2EF1DAE3C33F" country="Sweden" name="Stockholm">Stockholm</collectingRegion>
, Vol. 3: 120
</bibCitation>
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.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="3AB3032D3F893DA21D86D18144BB620A" pageNumber="1509" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="3263293BAB5F7A177509823D4607F71B" pageNumber="1509">
<emphasis id="BE179AB1E7E91E649557AF77AF52F321" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1509">Type Locality:</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="4EF58D13EAAAC8E262A6688903993471" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4867324347" country="South Africa" pageNumber="1509" stateProvince="Gauteng">
<collectingCountry id="01E2D2B7E54D43CAAF1C211BF94914B7" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
, &quot;In Caffraria interiore, prope tropicum,&quot; (Ellerman et al., 1953); &quot;type locality was in the Magaliesberg area and has been provisionally fixed as Crocodile Drift, Brits, Transvaal [=
<collectingRegion id="8F3D50FD1D8B1A32DB77C745254F886C" country="South Africa" name="Gauteng">Gauteng</collectingRegion>
]&quot; (D. H. S. Davis, 1965:127).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="6E90A3B8EC9B86B51B3849A9A229F31A" pageNumber="1509" type="vernacular_names">
<paragraph id="59830870438E66663C5D06F156C5E473" pageNumber="1509">
<emphasis id="05453016D8A3D92A29D0625B8D830BAE" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1509">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="F0908D02888C0FC159F6C3485F0CFA07" language="eng" pageNumber="1509">Acacia Thallomys</vernacularName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="AA1592A080733FF879BDDBEDD97B24B6" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1509">Synonyms:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="07B716B0E8446CD809065C178D1FEDF6" authority="(Roberts 1915)" baseAuthorityName="Roberts" baseAuthorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1509" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="acaciae">
<emphasis id="C5E36ADA45576E1E5F239B6991914BF4" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">Thallomys acaciae</emphasis>
(Roberts 1915)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="D5FB5CDBAA74DE623A20AFD10A719917" authority="Roberts 1931" authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1931" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1509" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lebomboensis">
<emphasis id="9125C901A3710E323767FA662D449CE9" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">Thallomys lebomboensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="555DC7499D6F407780E15BA4C897533E" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306502" refString="Roberts, A. 1931. New forms of South African mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 14: 221 - 236." year="1931">Roberts 1931</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="DCD1BF594B5C0B4ADE2CCB8951B72517" authority="(Roberts 1913)" baseAuthorityName="Roberts" baseAuthorityYear="1913" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1509" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moggi">
<emphasis id="DBE522CDB9D66DF9240BEA962A4F1944" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">Thallomys moggi</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="8575FCFDEC111BD5CF145F661860888C" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306451" refString="Roberts, A. 1913. The collection of mammals in the Transvaal Museum. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 4: 65 - 107." year="1913">Roberts 1913</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4F9F676B1B4537A5823C918C8627AF9F" authority="(Osgood 1910)" baseAuthorityName="Osgood" baseAuthorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1509" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rhodesiae">
<emphasis id="F884DBE8BE703950C349D3A4F75A9727" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">Thallomys rhodesiae</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="7935496F1A2079883A6C7D574A4E225D" author="Osgood, W. H." refId="ref268706" refString="Osgood, W. H. 1910. Eight new African rodents. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 5: 276 - 282." year="1910">Osgood 1910</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="7B13F9D7E1A28AD49523FA7DED7CAD36" authority="(Thomas and Wroughton 1908)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1908" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1509" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ruddi">
<emphasis id="A4188505BFF12F0A3B646C4EC817D411" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">Thallomys ruddi</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="25191652E52B491B7AB4A98E271481FB" author="Thomas, O. &amp; R. C. Wroughton" 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>
)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="C16AEAB7B35690D50421DF8D314F07AD" authority="Thomas and Hinton 1923" authorityName="Thomas and Hinton" authorityYear="1923" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1509" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="scotti">
<emphasis id="F6074AEB0AA608DEFD7E4EB4D671581D" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">Thallomys scotti</emphasis>
Thomas and
<bibRefCitation id="7B8D269331B92EAF2956FD526EAC757B" author="Hinton, M. A. C." refId="ref153971" refString="Hinton, M. A. C. 1923. On the voles collected by Mr. G. Forrest in Yunnan; with remarks upon the genera Eothenomys and Neodon and upon their allies. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 11: 145 - 162." year="1923">Hinton 1923</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="DAFE7BF090B50A167F24E5A7F4F31295" authority="(Roche 1964)" baseAuthorityName="Roche" baseAuthorityYear="1964" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1509" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="somaliensis">
<emphasis id="AFE67A71B138837228F37CDAA1F0E694" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">Thallomys somaliensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="16DD6C6BD856DC66981DEF5B3E6E10F3" author="Roche, J." refId="ref308480" refString="Roche, J. 1964. Description d'une nouvelle sous-espece de Thallomys de l'est Africain Thallomys paedulcus somaliensis. Mammalia, 28: 94 - 100." year="1964">Roche 1964</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="56E54AAE4876DD440BB20A8FAD2DA6EE" authority="Roberts 1933" authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1509" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stevensoni">
<emphasis id="869D3E72FA47B370B8364A5CFE3378D8" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">Thallomys stevensoni</emphasis>
Roberts 1933
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="3FC7B399DEE933C2B999AC444D370054" authority="Lundholm 1955" authorityName="Lundholm" authorityYear="1955" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1509" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zambesiana">
<emphasis id="3DD5FCADB3EE14B9E030605F01990098" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">Thallomys zambesiana</emphasis>
Lundholm 1955
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="AE9EF6A3AE2C00A14B28D0A625056E65" pageNumber="1509">
<emphasis id="628EB7001336EFE27B26410DCDFAA75D" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1509">Distribution:</emphasis>
From NE
<collectingCountry id="E3D1E040B9B6654C4998763D5C7076BE" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
(N
<collectingRegion id="4DDE340C648D7318895A868A5967EA9C" country="South Africa" name="KwaZulu-Natal">KwaZulu-Natal</collectingRegion>
, W
<collectingRegion id="880F11BE8807E1E01A1DA91E97C67C1A" country="South Africa" name="Mpumalanga">Mpumalanga</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="FCB1B47AA91F374A235D2C82F60457D2" country="South Africa" name="Limpopo">Limpopo</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="8BB85F88AC405380660B256F67A5D89F" country="South Africa" name="Gauteng">Gauteng</collectingRegion>
, and
<collectingRegion id="04B8E4F8D9E91D2623FF0BAA869FA416" country="South Africa" name="North West">North West</collectingRegion>
),
<collectingCountry id="3BD2396A305AD2E8507021B55E02BBE2" name="Swaziland">Swaziland</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="0035077897ED9CDA1C588BC558968C71" name="Botswana">Botswana</collectingCountry>
north through
<collectingCountry id="E5B72FDD25A8F8BDECE1B29E2D9B534B" name="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
, S
<collectingCountry id="EA560685D98D5DAF47B090ABDE47F662" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="6D5D8C22600CB73A291B847FAA8CABF7" name="Mozambique">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="C02CB18D43EB053BD8FE5C2D15202C6B" name="Malawi">Malawi</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="3BA954BD7D998C3F1A9E552149D2E1BA" name="Tanzania">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="CE4E0EEF2F4EEF189AE2B8B709B5FF02" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
to S
<collectingCountry id="A73F76EF278B2799F440BD1E6EDD9BA6" name="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
and S
<collectingCountry id="1AE22DA995F759BC5C23F9538FB506F2" name="Somalia">Somalia</collectingCountry>
; limits unknown. See
<bibRefCitation id="72AAADC45930524CD47E19DECD2B33E5" author="Taylor, P. J. &amp; I. L. Rautenbach &amp; D. Gordon &amp; K. Sink &amp; P. Lotter" refId="ref349317" refString="Taylor, P. J., I. L. Rautenbach, D. Gordon, K. Sink, and P. Lotter. 1995. Diagnostic morphometrics and southern African distribution of two sibling species of tree rat, Thallomys paedulcus and Thallomys nigricauda (Rodentia: Muridae). Durban Museum Novitates, 20: 49 - 62." year="1995">Taylor et al. (1995)</bibRefCitation>
for distribution in Southern African Subregion.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="405BFA97B088FE6A1C20DBBAA21E76DC" pageNumber="1509">
<emphasis id="2B1CF746E474700AC803D7657AC7E66B" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1509">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="BF294FD0923B716FFBB4DB1B12A314D2">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="B178C209544786886774B02FD4A214F8" pageNumber="1509" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="21CDCEB20BFD08EB8093017F6D8247BE" pageNumber="1509">
<emphasis id="83E2500897A4D024DA667FA4B192C251" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1509">Discussion:</emphasis>
In body size, the smallest of all the species. Identification of
<taxonomicName id="96743009B118E7112A483CED299C7225" baseAuthorityName="Sundevall" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paedulcus">
<emphasis id="343A70B5E026653C4FE00DC8289978BF" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">paedulcus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a separate species compared with the larger
<taxonomicName id="02B0EA03E37EE75B2315A280E7672ABE" baseAuthorityName="De Winton" baseAuthorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="damarensis">
<emphasis id="B844EB52AA1C8E6939F6BAB3B7F21885" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">T. damarensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and association of
<taxonomicName id="241AB67A059EB064BF795A9F3B9A5739" authorityName="Thomas and Hinton" authorityYear="1923" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="scotti">
<emphasis id="8AEEBEAAFD8C05385787CA164C30CC35" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">scotti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, were correctly perceived and documented by F.
<bibRefCitation id="1DEADF9742A716787F8B17A16DBCEE39" author="Petter, F." refId="ref283988" refString="Petter, F. 1973 a. Capture de Thallomys paedulcus scotti en Ethiopie. Mammalia, 37: 360 - 361." year="1973">
Petter (1973
<emphasis id="417476AEF79FDD5A7DF61F711BAEFEF2" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">a</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
. Thomas and Wroughton's (1908)
<taxonomicName id="BD64B9C6A36630A215335047B9C7F66A" baseAuthorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1908" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ruddi">
<emphasis id="D07A65C5C9D1D8BC09B536DCD9982E05" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">ruddi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, described as a species of
<taxonomicName id="ECF0D80B96E17894B0DF748D65448B59" baseAuthorityName="Heller" baseAuthorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thamnomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E9C0354FF42202F1FA2A573DDF268846" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">Thamnomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, is a
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<emphasis id="6305679F1A39731CE0AAD0B3870EB40B" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">Thallomys</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="9ED6CC3681713469371820A696D14962" author="Lawrence, B. &amp; A. Loveridge" refId="ref207132" refString="Lawrence, B., and A. Loveridge. 1953. Zoological results of a fifth expedition to East Africa. I. Mammals from Nyasaland and Tete. With notes on the genus Otomys. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 110: 1 - 80." year="1953">Lawrence and Loveridge, 1953</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and another example of
<taxonomicName id="B751AC4A9B8AAD24881370512E76004D" baseAuthorityName="Sundevall" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paedulcus">
<emphasis id="56F2C0BC2D9500DC4E6EE946B56B95E2" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">T. paedulcus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Identification of the
<typeStatus id="B8765D20B4065896FC26447001E68ADD">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="606056BD45C181546B5072921F5CEBEF" baseAuthorityName="Sundevall" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paedulcus">
<emphasis id="39100EAB09320DFC39C4911ACCA55B48" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">paedulcus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, along with critical measurements, recorded by Ellerman et al. (1953) and verified by F.
<bibRefCitation id="DA4B6BA94330F7C9A8B1D62D04F83385" author="Petter, F." refId="ref283988" refString="Petter, F. 1973 a. Capture de Thallomys paedulcus scotti en Ethiopie. Mammalia, 37: 360 - 361." year="1973">
Petter (1973
<emphasis id="6626751B053D43C4E6DD16C21E125E14" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">a</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
. The names
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<emphasis id="D28E33A37BC2484C3D01DB673B55AE65" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">acaciae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="7D4F06C3B9E3689BBA94EE9461976625" authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1931" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lebomboensis">
<emphasis id="5855D8FFB16FFD2D14FB75DE6BBB3226" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">lebomboensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="52382CA2346DB52AE02735DBEC6C8627" authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stevensoni">
<emphasis id="CF33F8EC17D2CE52FA11CAEFEF25528E" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">stevensoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were listed by
<bibRefCitation id="B07250828EA3E41B0B581D2AEA306BC0" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306581" refString="Roberts, A. 1951. The mammals of South Africa. Trustees of &quot; The mammals of South Africa &quot; book fund, Johannesburg, 700 pp." year="1951">Roberts (1951)</bibRefCitation>
as subspecies of
<taxonomicName id="9C4DC966A53639ED07E01DE8DBF42C83" baseAuthorityName="Roberts" baseAuthorityYear="1913" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moggi">
<emphasis id="88B2C59F68B2F4EF0AE46059A6292138" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">T. moggi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="E55214991B5F820C80A77C90E7CB6C0F" baseAuthorityName="Osgood" baseAuthorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rhodesiae">
<emphasis id="031160E9AC6457C423E9975E2D84B797" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">rhodesiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described by
<bibRefCitation id="28C7AEDD36CE6011A949FD65847357E0" author="Osgood, W. H." refId="ref268706" refString="Osgood, W. H. 1910. Eight new African rodents. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 5: 276 - 282." year="1910">Osgood (1910)</bibRefCitation>
as a subspecies of
<taxonomicName id="7BEDD99692D38A250A77BE4B2AB014A1" authorityName="de Winton" authorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="damarensis">
<emphasis id="A5BF5489D744DF3741848ADD790F54FE" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">Mus damarensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(which is here synonymized in
<taxonomicName id="42E57C444BD2F5010BC8C2483CFD1C86" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1882" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigricauda">
<emphasis id="227164454CAAA8FA13D4044880C0687E" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">T. nigricauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); and
<taxonomicName id="739650450F5A8906FA14C182A122043E" authorityName="Lundholm" authorityYear="1955" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zambesiana">
<emphasis id="A632D7C14004842912C95A03A0794542" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">zambesiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was proposed by
<bibRefCitation id="F7CCCE6758C1E87557213ADC630A9D36" author="Lundholm, B. G." refId="ref217759" refString="Lundholm, B. G. 1955 a. Descriptions of new mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 22: 279 - 303." year="1955">
Lundholm (1955
<emphasis id="5DF76D319EFD8438FD0F10E8E1A1B93C" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">a</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
as a subspecies of
<taxonomicName id="D1198819BAD0ADF396F8B9616E2D2BD9" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1882" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigricauda">
<emphasis id="F290615DE9BE460B90E2CA1283D71F41" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">T. nigricauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="60F72BAB25DB63EC3229C62718A92F49" author="Roche, J." refId="ref308480" refString="Roche, J. 1964. Description d'une nouvelle sous-espece de Thallomys de l'est Africain Thallomys paedulcus somaliensis. Mammalia, 28: 94 - 100." year="1964">Roche (1964)</bibRefCitation>
described
<taxonomicName id="5DDD8446F2F9917A4350A5A09F90F897" baseAuthorityName="Roche" baseAuthorityYear="1964" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="somaliensis">
<emphasis id="88015C9420C4B80679E65D1AC02ACEED" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">somaliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a subspecies of
<taxonomicName id="3FC315070B0C7933D3B7456A3F3047FC" baseAuthorityName="Sundevall" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paedulcus">
<emphasis id="7C999F8AB9DBD30AE37FFE71F0B3FDE3" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">T. paedulcus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Morphometric contrasts between
<taxonomicName id="A0DFAADCABA910FCDEF70066EF73A1C5" baseAuthorityName="Sundevall" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paedulcus">
<emphasis id="9C577E32602EB79ADB58F883FC7C3F4D" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">T. paedulcus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="7B59A1E2D11FED8F22A6CA5D36AC94F7" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1882" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigricauda">
<emphasis id="BD7212141D790F96B410CDC72604CFB5" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">T. nigricauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
provided by
<bibRefCitation id="77B927F656A75E0FC3B92FF416924898" author="Taylor, P. J. &amp; I. L. Rautenbach &amp; D. Gordon &amp; K. Sink &amp; P. Lotter" refId="ref349317" refString="Taylor, P. J., I. L. Rautenbach, D. Gordon, K. Sink, and P. Lotter. 1995. Diagnostic morphometrics and southern African distribution of two sibling species of tree rat, Thallomys paedulcus and Thallomys nigricauda (Rodentia: Muridae). Durban Museum Novitates, 20: 49 - 62." year="1995">Taylor et al. (1995)</bibRefCitation>
, who also identified a skull from
<collectingCountry id="1DEBE672389FE9A211AE0A40482A8A50" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
as
<taxonomicName id="E1F7B4D78763ED096B7D2815E243A806" baseAuthorityName="Sundevall" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paedulcus">
<emphasis id="C31210C36CDF6A5FE43890EF20DEC482" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">T. paedulcus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(a different skull than the one from
<collectingCountry id="BBC49FAC2A0A1238F214FE403533B96E" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
identified by
<bibRefCitation id="8AA1EA9244C78585B3D202D5F33E6AB7" author="Taylor, P. J. &amp; I. L. Rautenbach &amp; D. Gordon &amp; K. Sink &amp; P. Lotter" refId="ref349317" refString="Taylor, P. J., I. L. Rautenbach, D. Gordon, K. Sink, and P. Lotter. 1995. Diagnostic morphometrics and southern African distribution of two sibling species of tree rat, Thallomys paedulcus and Thallomys nigricauda (Rodentia: Muridae). Durban Museum Novitates, 20: 49 - 62." year="1995">Taylor et al., 1995</bibRefCitation>
, as
<taxonomicName id="4B22DA83FE4270380B37F553AEDD2715" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1882" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigricauda">
<emphasis id="D390DE52A1E186457214DFD5A12A07CB" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">T. nigricauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; see that account). Because
<bibRefCitation id="13F601355475C627898045FA6D5A1462" author="Taylor, P. J. &amp; I. L. Rautenbach &amp; D. Gordon &amp; K. Sink &amp; P. Lotter" refId="ref349317" refString="Taylor, P. J., I. L. Rautenbach, D. Gordon, K. Sink, and P. Lotter. 1995. Diagnostic morphometrics and southern African distribution of two sibling species of tree rat, Thallomys paedulcus and Thallomys nigricauda (Rodentia: Muridae). Durban Museum Novitates, 20: 49 - 62." year="1995">Taylor et al. (1995)</bibRefCitation>
found
<taxonomicName id="57B8309CA9564736C462E4F3EB866688" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1882" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigricauda">
<emphasis id="27CE4703007A1F88D8DB34E46DECC243" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">T. nigricauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to range widely through the Transvaal, they questioned the identity of the
<typeStatus id="4DC4148CF0C1ED4A852F545C88E02A85">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="0EFDFEE519DEB28F8426CE1260A78D77" baseAuthorityName="Sundevall" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paedulcus">
<emphasis id="3970C68FDD66EA5E785D32065D8B7668" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">paedulcus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, even though specimens from
<quantity id="46A08EDBF27CF2E24A13193F1AD4CE5B" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" unit="km" value="3.0">3 km</quantity>
NNE Brits had 2n = 46, within the range of
<taxonomicName id="A71D8CCDD73DA5BDF13E8850E2412ACE" baseAuthorityName="Sundevall" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paedulcus">
<emphasis id="3E1FE6B1200ED2BD0C431F6A89E4994A" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">T. paedulcus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Neither the
<typeStatus id="071DFEE92ACF6DCB746BDAA8128F1A00">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="2B0C5AA820DE839336E586521AF41BFD" baseAuthorityName="Sundevall" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paedulcus">
<emphasis id="CE0909E789A679E25C6417A877D5E680" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">paedulcus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
nor that of
<taxonomicName id="661F3A4688221A96D84D900F6CD67539" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1882" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigricauda">
<emphasis id="4C4BEA86376D2ED153D14203E41A0627" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">nigricauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was included in the analyses made by
<bibRefCitation id="E35A60D40893BD60938F72971212556C" author="Taylor, P. J. &amp; I. L. Rautenbach &amp; D. Gordon &amp; K. Sink &amp; P. Lotter" refId="ref349317" refString="Taylor, P. J., I. L. Rautenbach, D. Gordon, K. Sink, and P. Lotter. 1995. Diagnostic morphometrics and southern African distribution of two sibling species of tree rat, Thallomys paedulcus and Thallomys nigricauda (Rodentia: Muridae). Durban Museum Novitates, 20: 49 - 62." year="1995">Taylor et al. (1995)</bibRefCitation>
.
<bibRefCitation id="5446A33BD65E1449F8ADD5018BE2C991" author="Denys, C. &amp; W. Chitaukali &amp; J. K. Mfune &amp; M. Combrexelle &amp; F. Cacciani" refId="ref82412" refString="Denys, C., W. Chitaukali, J. K. Mfune, M. Combrexelle, and F. Cacciani. 1999. Diversity of small mammals in owl pellet assemblages of Karonga district, northern Malawi. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 42 (3): 393 - 396." year="1999">Denys et al. (1999)</bibRefCitation>
found fragments of
<taxonomicName id="8F333C2275E39C7653647EE8F8010C30" baseAuthorityName="Sundevall" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paedulcus">
<emphasis id="28093196F02E4C3DF09B0AE765E55D0D" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">T. paedulcus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in owl pellets in N
<collectingCountry id="BDD16BB162CA77652AF6BB9D3D7940EC" name="Malawi">Malawi</collectingCountry>
. Southern African population reviewed by
<bibRefCitation id="4D6DC126902D80311A0DA9D34588CC9A" author="Lovegrove, B." refId="ref216771" refString="Lovegrove, B. 1997 a. Tree rat, Thallomys paedulcus. P. 147, in The complete book of southern African mammals (G. Mills and L. Hes, eds.). Struik Winchester, Capetown, 356 pp." year="1997">
Lovegrove (1997
<emphasis id="5544CC1DEF5EFB9F0A7A81D91D920856" italics="true" pageNumber="1509">a</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
, and records from KwaZulu-Natal discussed by Taylor (1998).
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</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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