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<emphasis id="2275606F570750DF5FE2BA1A5BC815A4" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Grammomys</emphasis>
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, 
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.
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<emphasis id="6536389843EE311EB81FA1647E54E0AF" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1322">Type Species:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="239AD594426C7D682D6EED2D243A2D14" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Mus dolichurus</emphasis>
Smuts 1832
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<emphasis id="E3722EB583018B84E4126781AF700212" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1322">Species and subspecies:</emphasis>
12 species:
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Species 
<taxonomicName id="125B35E3CB29245AE9B0F7EA48EBCC07" authority="Thomas and Hinton 1923" authorityName="Thomas and Hinton" authorityYear="1923" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1322" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aridulus">
<emphasis id="E0C0FBE30B2421B06B8B2814469FFC8D" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Grammomys aridulus</emphasis>
Thomas and 
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Species 
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<emphasis id="A5B7FD9DE34B0A878B9B0771EEEDF0BB" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Grammomys buntingi</emphasis>
(Thomas 1911)
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Species 
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<emphasis id="698BF1E0E9A58282C0938F447C5961DC" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Grammomys caniceps</emphasis>
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Species 
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<emphasis id="A46E47EE96044115206CCDFE4D9158AA" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Grammomys cometes</emphasis>
(
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)
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Species 
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<emphasis id="446AA19C2C31A91E0BA9FA0CD067672B" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Grammomys dolichurus</emphasis>
(Smuts 1832)
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Species 
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<emphasis id="3B587C12AD710230E0AF4D5AB4EA9558" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Grammomys dryas</emphasis>
(Thomas 1907)
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Species 
<taxonomicName id="FF8CDBCD42AEAAE1A09261D8273789BE" authority="(Dollman 1911)" baseAuthorityName="Dollman" baseAuthorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1322" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gigas">
<emphasis id="6E7A04ED44245981FC81A10B8381431D" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Grammomys gigas</emphasis>
(
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)
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Species 
<taxonomicName id="A9A5A4A552AB92C21F14948DB5677E84" authority="(Osgood 1910)" baseAuthorityName="Osgood" baseAuthorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1322" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ibeanus">
<emphasis id="B885442D66C09E623FFF6896B09915AA" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Grammomys ibeanus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="15A25FE8D2C1A036D5D9DBFC7A80A675" 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>
)
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Species 
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<emphasis id="AF145E6C898BBB9B1506BAB346C4C71E" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Grammomys kuru</emphasis>
(Thomas and Wroughton 1907)
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Species 
<taxonomicName id="85F65831392711D44CC98A16A8D71677" authority="(Wroughton 1907)" baseAuthorityName="Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1907" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1322" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macmillani">
<emphasis id="34D8C62EE8E4D4108B2A1DCFD65528F9" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Grammomys macmillani</emphasis>
(Wroughton 1907)
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<paragraph id="0119F650B51660F2FDD98F2CAF182F22" pageNumber="1322">
Species 
<taxonomicName id="6BBB09A3DBC3386B7D6D0226322FF5FC" authority="Hutterer and Dieterlen 1984" authorityName="Hutterer and Dieterlen" authorityYear="1984" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1322" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minnae">
<emphasis id="91FFBE5BBFF9667E97E2CCE487DADAE7" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Grammomys minnae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1ED5523D64FF0F27D5C42BD2A374F052" author="Hutterer, R. &amp; F. Dieterlen" refId="ref163718" refString="Hutterer, R., and F. Dieterlen. 1984. Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Grammomys aus Athiopien und Kenia (Mammalia: Muridae). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, ser. A (Biologie), 347: 1 - 18." year="1984">Hutterer and Dieterlen 1984</bibRefCitation>
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Species 
<taxonomicName id="2B037E3B885F1D5509948FE386CB822C" authority="Eisentraut 1965" authorityName="Eisentraut" authorityYear="1965" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1322" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="poensis">
<emphasis id="D4A59334222EF144D24B20F6F4FC20CE" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Grammomys poensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="E3F52220F02F2FA468004DA6720B642A" author="Eisentraut, M." refId="ref92238" refString="Eisentraut, M. 1965. Die Muriden von Fernando Poo. Zoologisches Jahrbuch Systematik, 92: 13 - 40." year="1965">Eisentraut 1965</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="9B446A4AA7A7BC7B26F4BA98C9ACE432" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1322">Discussion:</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="6FDA6DD1A63B66EADA1E6045BA063C56" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1904" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Oenomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="8EDE2C51D7C64CCF68A3675AC615A283" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Oenomys</emphasis>
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Division. A distinctive genus as asserted by 
<bibRefCitation id="6D1A5B7FA0CE6B64CFC1A56492A5E929" author="Ellerman, J. R." 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>
and other workers (e.g., 
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="17AC17644A7FCEEA9CA76CAC3C6CD024" author="Misonne, X." refId="ref243286" refString="Misonne, X. 1969. African and Indo-Australian Muridae: Evolutionary trends. Annales Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Serie IN- 8, Sciences Zoologiques, 172: 1 - 219." year="1969">Misonne, 1969</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="1AF0C8349485D3470E55642A412D24A6" 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>
), and not part of 
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<emphasis id="237A7D472FA9B5E0FC4BEE2725A24656" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Thamnomys</emphasis>
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with which it has often been united as a subgenus (G. M. 
<bibRefCitation id="FD499323EBB924671140DB8EE630AAC0" 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>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="E128C10BC79711E5F62FB886FA6B2E41" author="Hatt, R. T." refId="ref142600" refString="Hatt, R. T. 1940 b. Mammals collected by the Rockefeller-Murphy Expedition to Tanganyika Territory and the eastern Belgian Congo. American Museum Novitates, 1070: 1 - 8." year="1940">
Hatt, 1940 
<emphasis id="E40B0FDFCB9026FC36B85E06AE9F5A5D" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="DEC4F1BA6899E30CFBEF1F6707BE2313" author="Hollister, N." 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>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="997FD286EA2B386C17006314A346E37A" author="Misonne, X." 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>
; F. 
<bibRefCitation id="B5C58632E263D6F913D14C47AD0FF53F" author="Petter, F. &amp; M. Tranier" refId="ref284694" refString="Petter, F., and M. Tranier. 1975. Contribution a l'etude des Thamnomys du groupe dolichurus (Rongeurs, Murides). Systematique et caryologie. Mammalia, 39: 405 - 414." year="1975">Petter and Tranier, 1975</bibRefCitation>
). Morphological and chromosomal similarities exist with 
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<emphasis id="69A34B75861EF03B66B3BEEE93687A63" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Thallomys</emphasis>
(
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)
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. Analysis of microcomplement fixation of albumin associated 
<taxonomicName id="A5CF7D5CA16FC6AE3C6D0F1BF7FAD2A9" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="87A4FE9E25D0C739149ED4AA449339AC" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Grammomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with 
<taxonomicName id="006BBA5BEAB8F88F233F596C1825F864" baseAuthorityName="Musser" baseAuthorityYear="1987" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lemniscomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="3D977499B789EB47F1B3DD6A8532B804" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Lemniscomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="1C69C4B3BE9802AA88809D138088B923" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pelomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="F3949208147028EA91AAF061E7B8C448" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Pelomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="8EFFF00D9BEC2FFBE281FD88ADDAB959" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="7E0BCA64F940C55426C83A9119A76285" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Rhabdomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="527D7F3B0E268C4973CC80D73F181109" authority="(Watts and Baverstock, 1995 a)" baseAuthorityName="Watts and Baverstock" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6E00C2C3F75F2F63C4814EF32AA17504" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Thallomys</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D2F2D8181AF9DCA3038B7AC9B8210B52" author="Watts, C. H. S. &amp; P. R. Baverstock" refId="ref384460" refString="Watts, C. H. S., and P. R. Baverstock. 1995 a. Evolution in some African Murinae (Rodentia) assessed by microcomplement fixation of albumin. Journal of African Zoology, 109: 423 - 433." year="1995">
Watts and Baverstock, 1995 
<emphasis id="030DA1EE7277913D41175E9D499618E2" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. Research using mitochondrial gene sequences (DNA cytochrome 
<emphasis id="ACBA60EBCF5A02BDAB0174A74910000C" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">b</emphasis>
, 12S and 16S rRNA fragments) placed 
<taxonomicName id="2FAC248F5DCA21A586A061164B1D07BB" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="68FDEA57F35E2A216AEEC0D299D9B3B5" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Grammomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
next to 
<taxonomicName id="41A1F0BD3C66415AA4D80202C28566AE" baseAuthorityName="Chimimba and Dippenaar" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75F67A55359D8DC197AE9349518E33A2" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Aethomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
within an African murine clade consisting of 
<taxonomicName id="BA69514D587CD17DA2044E880640744A" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Hybomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="BD3B7BE2ED9FB6BEB560EAFE40D0D7F3" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Hybomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="518B1E861C617D131EC503B75FADD950" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1875" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="173F13C5DD7589E715A75F66131BB425" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Dasymys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="49641BA809A1AB31516006D110EEF3C4" baseAuthorityName="Musser" baseAuthorityYear="1987" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lemniscomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="05AAA489CF44E95452CFBDB2F08CFB88" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Lemniscomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="BF9FE98CE7571F2C7AF49E954CF751BE" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CBB8DA18E0B9C664EC15E8B82008106F" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Rhabdomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="293A00F6B814B2DF10A8EB90B0FEF6DA" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Desmomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="DBE936FD21014924DD876A28B697F8B9" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Desmomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="8FFE2AFA1E83E07A79CCD26FF683BF6F" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pelomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6A9AB05D582397522A2AAACA76EFEB8D" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Pelomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4F6A9136DA1C4689B00822A87B85BDD4" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1906" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="9558A11F08E3127DB35CF6DDA2648D65" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Mylomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="FF6F4AAC0FA42E45C32502FFAC93DF5D" authority="(Ducroz et al., 2001)" baseAuthorityName="Ducroz" baseAuthorityYear="2001" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="F6F93FEB008F99EC649E4ACEA2DA38C0" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Arvicanthis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="290ECE86E86E76C4260F1DFB3F31094A" author="Ducroz, J. - F. &amp; V. Volobouev &amp; L. Granjon" refId="ref89321" refString="Ducroz, J. - F., V. Volobouev, and L. Granjon. 2001. An assessment of the systematics of Arvicanthine Rodents using mitochondrial DNA sequences: Evolutionary and biogeographical implications. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 8: 173 - 206." year="2001">Ducroz et al., 2001</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. Partly reviewed by F. 
<bibRefCitation id="F2A16DC5008D62C18AB83321DE86A1FC" author="Petter, F. &amp; M. Tranier" refId="ref284694" refString="Petter, F., and M. Tranier. 1975. Contribution a l'etude des Thamnomys du groupe dolichurus (Rongeurs, Murides). Systematique et caryologie. Mammalia, 39: 405 - 414." year="1975">Petter and Tranier (1975)</bibRefCitation>
and 
<bibRefCitation id="F34F0A74D4E0594C56DD0534B08CA552" author="Hutterer, R. &amp; F. Dieterlen" refId="ref163718" refString="Hutterer, R., and F. Dieterlen. 1984. Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Grammomys aus Athiopien und Kenia (Mammalia: Muridae). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, ser. A (Biologie), 347: 1 - 18." year="1984">Hutterer and Dieterlen (1984)</bibRefCitation>
, who provided morphological, distributional, and chromosomal comparisons.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B0DCCEE9125B7A62AF4463E5235E6313" pageNumber="1322">
Two of the species listed below, 
<taxonomicName id="F834B27423EBF081FC341020EF682E61" baseAuthorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1907" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kuru">
<emphasis id="E9CDEF65EE203AD78DADB7A56381C6D9" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">G. kuru</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="649BAB8768B11390E682A2BD7472901B" authorityName="Eisentraut" authorityYear="1965" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="poensis">
<emphasis id="836FDECF5CB962C1CA00C3EC4FA07CD8" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">G. poensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(both formerly included in 
<taxonomicName id="EE186D2661C80FAFF2CD8213807E12F0" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1876" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rutilans">
<emphasis id="4F3DE5B18E45AB8910A1A1212EB497ED" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">G. rutilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; see 
<bibRefCitation id="B1EBA5844DC18466DFE7A013A5C56330" author="Musser, G. G. &amp; M. D. Carleton" refId="ref252333" refString="Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501 - 755, in: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., xviii + 1206 pp." year="1993">Musser and Carleton, 1993</bibRefCitation>
, for example), along with an undescribed species from Mt Oku in W 
<collectingCountry id="4318AA57B0514EC9042E20B22925A22E" name="Cameroon">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
, form a monophyletic group separate from the other species of 
<taxonomicName id="351948FC0423496DAF184D6145F2D3D8" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5C68EC939103CC3F6AC2DEF284502811" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Grammomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and will eventually be placed in a new genus (
<collectionCode id="59580A4846A9A2E14955229CF07362D4" country="Chile" name="Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile">R</collectionCode>
. Hutterer, pers. comm., 2002). The taxa 
<taxonomicName id="5497590F4A52D30947692B8D9BD2DD68" baseAuthorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1907" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kuru">
<emphasis id="1032FDE979A533BA19D87B761BE9C251" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">kuru</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="914CCCF54C9DD2C1F259F469161B21D6" authorityName="Eisentraut" authorityYear="1965" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="poensis">
<emphasis id="9A9177894032929870D433B41099CCEE" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">poensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(and 
<taxonomicName id="B3D159B4CA81BE898278D5CD60AA68E8" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1876" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rutilans">
<emphasis id="012BD139D6EE0BF0345683DF0AE8D7F3" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">rutilans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which is unavailable) have been considered members of 
<taxonomicName id="27D2EE74ECD669D02179BEC409583AA4" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1907" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Thamnomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6AFF29588AD140913F506CCEDC543BD5" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Thamnomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(G. M. 
<bibRefCitation id="B6681EF4B552217075DD6A9B14CD39A2" 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>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="A46E731119C46BA7ACD858E244F51283" author="Ellerman, J. R." 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>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="35B304B7780EB6FB9FEFB01E7BBDC835" author="Hutterer, R. &amp; F. Dieterlen" refId="ref163718" refString="Hutterer, R., and F. Dieterlen. 1984. Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Grammomys aus Athiopien und Kenia (Mammalia: Muridae). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, ser. A (Biologie), 347: 1 - 18." year="1984">Hutterer and Dieterlen, 1984</bibRefCitation>
), but external, cranial, and dental morphology is more similar to that characterizing species of 
<taxonomicName id="18001B0FC39BBF292ADC633167FE9B33" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="8F533BB84F882E1FA5D07B7A16A41108" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Grammomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(where it was listed by D. H. S. Davis, 1965, and 
<bibRefCitation id="9428A8EF3476C24B9F2222B31D39E047" author="Misonne, X." 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>
), and we include them within that genus pending publication of Hutterer’s revision (he also provided most of the information for the two accounts). Fossils identified as 
<taxonomicName id="C9C2478F7AF678794B4A8C2B3B47E748" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="2AA902233307088253CD9E8F3B455493" italics="true" pageNumber="1322">Grammomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
come from Pliocene-Pleistocene strata of East Africa and 
<collectingCountry id="640D28A45BD7FE8871B262A1B96A423B" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="C66A3D3615C741B1EFEF205F3755E2DC" author="Avery, D. M." refId="ref16081" refString="Avery, D. M. 2000. Notes on the systematics of micromammals from Sterkfontein, Gauteng, South Africa. Palaeontologica Africana, 36: 83 - 90." year="2000">Avery, 2000</bibRefCitation>
; Jaeger, 1976; 
<bibRefCitation id="D5728C13E2B37DC3205C6DF2D013D5EC" author="Jaeger, J. - J. &amp; B. Wesselman" refId="ref171554" refString="Jaeger, J. - J., and B. Wesselman. 1976. Fossil remains of micromammals from the Omo Group deposits. Pp. 351 - 360, in Earliest Man and Environments in the Lake Rudolf Basin. Stratigraphy, paleoecology, and evolution (Y. Coppens, F. C. Howell, G. L. Isaac, and R. E. F. Leakey, eds.). University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 615 pp." year="1976">Jaeger and Wesselman, 1976</bibRefCitation>
; see review by Denys, 1999) and Pleistocene sediments of 
<collectingCountry id="ED8238D9D5808206D8E8D71DF33083F1" name="Namibia">Namibia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="7C2850E21D95E3E31C1A243BF33DCC00" author="Senut, B. &amp; M. Pickford &amp; P. Mein &amp; G. Conroy &amp; J. Van Couvering" refId="ref323714" refString="Senut, B., M. Pickford, P. Mein, G. Conroy, and J. Van Couvering. 1992. Discovery of 12 new Late Cainozoic fossiliferous sites in palaeokarsts of the Otavi Mountains, Namibia. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences (Paris), 314 (ser. II): 727 - 733." year="1992">Senut et al., 1992</bibRefCitation>
)
</paragraph>
.
</paragraph>
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