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<taxonomicName authority="Waite, 1896" authorityName="Waite" authorityYear="1896" box="[252,709,281,308]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Conilurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pedunculatus">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[252,709,281,308]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[252,550,281,308]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Conilurus pedunculatus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation author="Waite, E" box="[559,709,281,307]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" pagination="25 - 26" refId="ref148799" refString="Waite, E. R. 1896. Rodents. In Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia, Part 2. Zoology, ed. W. B. Spencer, pp. 393 - 409, pls 25 - 26. Melbourne: Melville, Mullen and Slade." type="book chapter" year="1896">Waite, 1896</bibRefCitation>
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<paragraph blockId="72.[197,765,327,376]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
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Report of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central
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, Zoology
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Part 2, 395, plate 25, fig. 1, a–f. (
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<date box="[610,753,354,376]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" value="1896-02">February 1896</date>
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).
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<subSubSection pageId="72" pageNumber="349" type="description">
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<paragraph blockId="72.[166,540,397,422]" box="[166,540,397,422]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[166,340,397,422]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Common name</emphasis>
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. Central Rock-rat.
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<paragraph blockId="72.[166,793,443,496]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[166,339,443,467]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Current name</emphasis>
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.
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<taxonomicName authority="(Waite, 1896)" baseAuthorityName="Waite" baseAuthorityYear="1896" box="[358,788,443,467]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Zyzomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pedunculatus">
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<emphasis box="[358,616,443,467]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Zyzomys pedunculatus</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Waite, E" box="[636,780,443,467]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" pagination="25 - 26" refId="ref148799" refString="Waite, E. R. 1896. Rodents. In Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia, Part 2. Zoology, ed. W. B. Spencer, pp. 393 - 409, pls 25 - 26. Melbourne: Melville, Mullen and Slade." type="book chapter" year="1896">Waite, 1896</bibRefCitation>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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, following Jackson & Groves (2015).
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<paragraph blockId="72.[165,795,517,688]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[166,281,518,542]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
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<typeStatus box="[166,281,518,542]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Lectotype</typeStatus>
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</emphasis>
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. M.1064,
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<typeStatus box="[401,501,518,542]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">lectotype</typeStatus>
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designation by
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<bibRefCitation author="Kitchener, D" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" pagination="331 - 373" refId="ref134299" refString="Kitchener, D. J. 1989. Taxonomic appraisal of Zyzomys (Rodentia, Muridae) with descriptions of two new species from the Northern Territory, Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14 (3): 331 - 373." type="journal article" year="1989">Kitchener (1989)</bibRefCitation>
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. Sex indeterminate, skin mount with skull
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<emphasis box="[718,787,548,571]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">in situ</emphasis>
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, collected by J. Field. Specimen “A” of Waite’s description: marked “Spec. A of paper. TYPE” by Waite in the register. Presented by Baldwin Spencer, registered on
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<date box="[642,791,635,659]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" value="1896-04-11">11 April 1896</date>
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.
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<bibRefCitation author="Waite, E" box="[165,305,664,688]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" pagination="25 - 26" refId="ref148799" refString="Waite, E. R. 1896. Rodents. In Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia, Part 2. Zoology, ed. W. B. Spencer, pp. 393 - 409, pls 25 - 26. Melbourne: Melville, Mullen and Slade." type="book chapter" year="1896">Waite (1896)</bibRefCitation>
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indicates that specimen A is a male.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="72.[164,794,712,795]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[166,278,712,736]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Condition</emphasis>
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. Skin mount: missing both ears, transverse tear on chest area, missing fur from distal third of tail, tail tip is almost detached, skin otherwise intact and in reasonable condition.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="72.[166,795,819,843]" box="[166,795,819,843]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[166,311,819,843]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Type locality</emphasis>
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. Alice Springs,
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,
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="72.[166,794,864,947]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1896-11-12" collectorName="W. Horn" country="Australia" location="Central" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paralectotype">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[166,323,864,888]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
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<typeStatus box="[166,323,864,888]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Paralectotype</typeStatus>
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</emphasis>
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. M.1158, sex not determined, skin mount, skull
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<emphasis box="[227,296,894,917]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">in situ</emphasis>
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, “
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<collectingCountry box="[409,512,894,918]" name="Australia" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Australia</collectingCountry>
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”, received from
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<collectorName box="[694,789,894,917]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">W. Horn</collectorName>
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, registered
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<collectingDate box="[278,488,923,947]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" value="1896-11-12">12 November 1896</collectingDate>
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.
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<paragraph blockId="72.[164,794,968,1022]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[166,282,968,992]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">?Topotype</emphasis>
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. M.1298, sex not recorded, skull, study skin, Alice Springs, received from B. Spencer, registered
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<date box="[650,776,998,1022]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" value="1898-07-08">8 July 1898</date>
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.
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<subSubSection pageId="72" pageNumber="349" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="72.[164,796,1043,2006]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[166,289,1043,1067]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Comments</emphasis>
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. Waite based his description on
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:
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<specimenCount box="[166,277,1072,1096]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" type="male">four males</specimenCount>
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which he designated A–D, and a female E, but the location of four of these specimens has remained confused.
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cited an adult male
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<typeStatus box="[520,603,1131,1155]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">syntype</typeStatus>
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in the MV, noting a possible mix up of
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labels, and cited AM M.1158 and M.1298 as possible
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<typeStatus box="[450,551,1190,1214]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">syntypes</typeStatus>
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.
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<bibRefCitation author="Aitken, P" box="[563,723,1189,1214]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" pagination="197 - 202" refId="ref124383" refString="Aitken, P. F. 1976. Vertebrate type-specimens in the South Australian Museum. V. Mammals. Records of the South Australian Museum 17 (11): 197 - 202." type="journal article" year="1976">Aitken (1976)</bibRefCitation>
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listed several male skulls (without bodies) and a female along with other potential
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<typeStatus box="[326,419,1249,1273]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">syntypes</typeStatus>
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in the SAM. Spencer’s contacts in Central
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<collectingCountry box="[247,344,1278,1302]" name="Australia" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Australia</collectingCountry>
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sent him an unknown number of additional specimens of this taxon after the Horn Expedition and after the preparation of the Horn Expedition report.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="72.[164,796,1043,2006]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
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It is very likely that M.1158 is one of Waite’s
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<typeStatus box="[694,791,1366,1390]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">syntypes</typeStatus>
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. This specimen was registered in
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<date box="[507,680,1395,1419]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" value="1896-11">
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<collectingDate box="[507,680,1395,1419]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" value="1896-11">November 1896</collectingDate>
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</date>
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, soon after receipt of a letter from Spencer to the
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<collectionCode box="[562,605,1424,1448]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
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dated
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<date pageId="72" pageNumber="349" value="1896-10-28">
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<collectingDate pageId="72" pageNumber="349" value="1896-10-28">28 October 1896</collectingDate>
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</date>
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(
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<collectionCode box="[239,285,1454,1478]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
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Archives AMS9
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<collectorName box="[488,716,1453,1478]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Letters Received, S.</collectorName>
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93/96) advising that accompanying specimens donated to the
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<collectionCode box="[751,794,1483,1507]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
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were from the Horn Expedition, with an attached inventory listing “1
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Waite" authorityYear="1896" box="[271,527,1542,1566]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Conilurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pedunculatus">
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<emphasis box="[271,527,1542,1566]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Conilurus pedunculatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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”
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="72.[164,796,1043,2006]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
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<bibRefCitation author="Waite, E" box="[197,350,1571,1595]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" pagination="114 - 128" refId="ref148855" refString="Waite, E. R. 1898 a. Observations on Muridae from central Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (new series) 10: 114 - 128, pls v - vi." type="journal article" year="1898">Waite (1898a)</bibRefCitation>
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reports a female and
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<specimenCount box="[591,715,1571,1595]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" type="male">three males</specimenCount>
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of this species that were sent fromAlice Springs after the expedition and forwarded to Spencer. Waite’s paper was read on
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<date pageId="72" pageNumber="349" value="1897-10-21">21 October 1897</date>
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and M.1298 was the next specimen of this species from Spencer to be registered, on
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<date box="[641,790,1688,1712]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" value="1898-07-15">15 July 1898</date>
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. This specimen might be a
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<typeStatus box="[456,539,1718,1742]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">syntype</typeStatus>
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as suggested by
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<bibRefCitation author="Dixon, J" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" pagination="105 - 114" refId="ref127394" refString="Dixon, J. M. 1970. Catalogue of mammal types (Class Mammalia) in the National Museum of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 31: 105 - 114." type="journal article" year="1970">Dixon (1970)</bibRefCitation>
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but it might also be one of those collected after the Horn Expedition.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="72.[164,796,1043,2006]" lastBlockId="72.[837,1469,151,997]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
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<bibRefCitation author="Kitchener, D" box="[197,379,1806,1830]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" pagination="331 - 373" refId="ref134299" refString="Kitchener, D. J. 1989. Taxonomic appraisal of Zyzomys (Rodentia, Muridae) with descriptions of two new species from the Northern Territory, Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14 (3): 331 - 373." type="journal article" year="1989">Kitchener (1989)</bibRefCitation>
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discussed the confused provenance of specimens suspected to belong to Waite’s type series and recognized that M.1064 is unambiguously Waite’s specimen A, marked as “type”. We concur—this specimen is without doubt, Waite’s type. Correspondence from Spencer dated
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<date pageId="72" pageNumber="349" value="1896-03-25">25 March 1896</date>
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to Waite (AM Archives letter S.26/96), states that Spencer was sending rodent specimens of new taxa named by Waite in the Horn Expedition report, requesting that Waite select and retain type specimens, and return the remainder. In his original description, Waite states that the specimens of his description were all supplied by Spencer, who did not collect any of them. As noted by Troughton, Waite wrote in the remarks column of the register, opposite registered specimens of a range of rodent taxa presented by Spencer, that “the balance of the specimens were returned to Prof Spencer, one of each species, (the type) being retained.” Although Waite does not refer to specimen A as the
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<typeStatus box="[1368,1462,415,439]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">holotype</typeStatus>
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, this is implicit by him writing “TYPE” in the remarks column against M.1064, along with his reference to the return of other specimens to Spencer, which in this context implies that the returned specimens were not the type.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="72.[837,1469,151,997]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
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The
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<typeStatus box="[923,1026,562,586]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">lectotype</typeStatus>
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(M.1064) is the only one of the
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<specimenCount pageId="72" pageNumber="349" type="generic" typeStatus="syntypes">five syntypes</specimenCount>
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with a certain provenance, contrary to the view of
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<bibRefCitation author="Aitken, P" box="[867,1022,621,645]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" pagination="197 - 202" refId="ref124383" refString="Aitken, P. F. 1976. Vertebrate type-specimens in the South Australian Museum. V. Mammals. Records of the South Australian Museum 17 (11): 197 - 202." type="journal article" year="1976">Aitken (1976)</bibRefCitation>
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.
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<bibRefCitation author="Dixon, J" box="[1033,1179,621,645]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" pagination="105 - 114" refId="ref127394" refString="Dixon, J. M. 1970. Catalogue of mammal types (Class Mammalia) in the National Museum of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 31: 105 - 114." type="journal article" year="1970">Dixon (1970)</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<bibRefCitation author="Aitken, P" box="[1231,1382,621,645]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" pagination="197 - 202" refId="ref124383" refString="Aitken, P. F. 1976. Vertebrate type-specimens in the South Australian Museum. V. Mammals. Records of the South Australian Museum 17 (11): 197 - 202." type="journal article" year="1976">Aitken (1976)</bibRefCitation>
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discuss the uncertainty of locating and identifying
|
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<typeStatus box="[1337,1434,651,675]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">syntypes</typeStatus>
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of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Waite" authorityYear="1896" box="[839,981,679,703]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Conilurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pedunculatus">
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<emphasis box="[839,981,679,703]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">pedunculatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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and
|
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Waite" authorityYear="1896" box="[1029,1331,679,703]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Conilurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" phylum="Chordata" rank="variety" species="pedunculatus" variety="brachyotis">
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||
<emphasis box="[1029,1171,679,703]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">pedunculatus</emphasis>
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var.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1218,1331,679,703]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">brachyotis</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and suggest a possible mix up of specimen labels. This is further compounded by disassociation of skulls from bodies, the dispersal of specimens to at least three institutions, and the problems of distinguishing
|
||
<typeStatus box="[1190,1285,797,821]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">syntypes</typeStatus>
|
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from additional specimens sent to Spencer in the years following the Horn Expedition.
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Kitchener, D" box="[968,1148,855,880]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" pagination="331 - 373" refId="ref134299" refString="Kitchener, D. J. 1989. Taxonomic appraisal of Zyzomys (Rodentia, Muridae) with descriptions of two new species from the Northern Territory, Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14 (3): 331 - 373." type="journal article" year="1989">Kitchener (1989)</bibRefCitation>
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considered the type locality of Alice Springs as suspect on the grounds that Spencer did not collect the specimens himself. However, the specimen was obtained by J. Field, who was based in Alice Springs and forwarded the material to Spencer (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Calaby, J" box="[1218,1364,973,997]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" pagination="188 - 208" refId="ref126031" refString="Calaby, J. H. 1996. Baldwin Spencer's post-Horn Expedition collectors in central Australia. In Exploring Central Australia: Society, the Environment and the 1894 Horn Expedition, ed. S. R. Morton and D. J. Mulvaney, pp. 188 - 208. Chipping Norton, NSW: Surrey Beatty." type="book chapter" year="1996">Calaby, 1996</bibRefCitation>
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).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="72.[906,1399,1045,1109]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[906,1215,1045,1072]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
|
||
[
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Waite" authorityYear="1896" box="[918,1203,1045,1072]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Conilurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pedunculatus">Conilurus pedunculatus</taxonomicName>
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||
]
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Waite, 1896" authorityName="Waite" authorityYear="1896" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Conilurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" phylum="Chordata" rank="variety" species="pedunculatus" variety="brachyotis">
|
||
var.
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1275,1399,1045,1072]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">brachyotis</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Waite, E" box="[1080,1225,1083,1109]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" pagination="25 - 26" refId="ref148799" refString="Waite, E. R. 1896. Rodents. In Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia, Part 2. Zoology, ed. W. B. Spencer, pp. 393 - 409, pls 25 - 26. Melbourne: Melville, Mullen and Slade." type="book chapter" year="1896">Waite, 1896</bibRefCitation>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="72.[869,1437,1129,1178]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
|
||
<emphasis box="[869,1339,1129,1151]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Report of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central</emphasis>
|
||
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1896-02" country="Australia" location="Zoology Part" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" specimenCount="1">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[1343,1433,1129,1150]" name="Australia" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Australia</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FFF1737C18CEFEF2FD4E95B9:8EAB6005FFF1737D1BB1FB6FFC0793A5" box="[899,978,1156,1177]" country="Australia" name="Zoology Part" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Zoology</location>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Part 2: 397. (
|
||
<date box="[1108,1254,1156,1178]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" value="1896-02">
|
||
<collectingDate box="[1108,1254,1156,1178]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" value="1896-02">February 1896</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="72.[839,1212,1199,1224]" box="[839,1212,1199,1224]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,1013,1199,1224]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Common name</emphasis>
|
||
. Central Rock-rat.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="72.[839,1465,1245,1327]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,1012,1245,1269]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Current name</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Waite, 1896)" baseAuthorityName="Waite" baseAuthorityYear="1896" box="[1031,1461,1245,1269]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Zyzomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pedunculatus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1031,1289,1245,1269]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Zyzomys pedunculatus</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Waite, E" box="[1308,1453,1245,1269]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" pagination="25 - 26" refId="ref148799" refString="Waite, E. R. 1896. Rodents. In Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia, Part 2. Zoology, ed. W. B. Spencer, pp. 393 - 409, pls 25 - 26. Melbourne: Melville, Mullen and Slade." type="book chapter" year="1896">Waite, 1896</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, following Jackson & Groves (2015), no subspecies recognized.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="72.[837,1467,1346,1546]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,930,1346,1370]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
|
||
<typeStatus box="[839,930,1346,1370]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Syntype</typeStatus>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
. M.1065 by subsequent determination. Skin mount, skull
|
||
<emphasis box="[897,963,1376,1399]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">in situ</emphasis>
|
||
, sex not determined from mount, marked in the M Register (probably by Troughton) as collected by Cowle. Presented by Baldwin Spencer, registered on
|
||
<date box="[1314,1462,1434,1458]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" value="1896-04-11">11 April 1896</date>
|
||
. This specimen is unambiguously marked in the M Register as the type of
|
||
<emphasis box="[1008,1124,1493,1517]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">brachyotis</emphasis>
|
||
by Waite, in his hand, and is unambiguously Waite’s specimen G, a female.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="72.[839,1467,1567,1650]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,953,1567,1591]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Condition</emphasis>
|
||
. Skin mount: missing left ear tip, missing three toes from left manus, vertical tear in left midrift, tail tip almost detached.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="72" pageNumber="349" type="materials_examined">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="72.[838,1468,1671,1783]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,999,1671,1696]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Type localities</emphasis>
|
||
. Alice Springs, and Illamurta, James Range,
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[838,1036,1701,1725]" country="Australia" name="Northern Territory" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Northern Territory</collectingRegion>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Waite, E" box="[1052,1188,1701,1725]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" pagination="25 - 26" refId="ref148799" refString="Waite, E. R. 1896. Rodents. In Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia, Part 2. Zoology, ed. W. B. Spencer, pp. 393 - 409, pls 25 - 26. Melbourne: Melville, Mullen and Slade." type="book chapter" year="1896">Waite, 1896</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). The M Register locality entry of “Illamurta” is written in Waite’s handwriting for M.1065.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection lastPageId="73" lastPageNumber="350" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="72.[839,1467,1805,2005]" lastBlockId="73.[119,750,151,645]" lastPageId="73" lastPageNumber="350" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,959,1805,1829]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">Comments</emphasis>
|
||
. This taxon is based on
|
||
<specimenCount box="[1197,1350,1805,1829]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" type="generic">two specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
, a male “F” and a female “G” in Waite’s description. M.1065 is marked as “
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[880,1040,1863,1888]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Zyzomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" phylum="Chordata" rank="variety" species="pedunculatus" variety="brachyotis">
|
||
var.
|
||
<emphasis box="[929,1040,1863,1887]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">brachyotis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
” and “TYPE” and as specimen “G” of Waite’s description, all in Waite’s writing (signed ERW) in the M Register. Under Article 72.4.7, the annotation “Type” on specimen G in the Museum register does not validate it as a
|
||
<typeStatus box="[920,1019,1981,2005]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
; the
|
||
<specimenCount box="[1078,1242,1981,2005]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349" type="generic">two specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
represent
|
||
<typeStatus box="[1364,1463,1981,2005]" pageId="72" pageNumber="349">syntypes</typeStatus>
|
||
. Specimen F was perhaps returned to Spencer by Waite, but its current whereabouts is uncertain.
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Finlayson, H" box="[565,749,181,205]" pageId="73" pageNumber="350" pagination="215 - 232" refId="ref128304" refString="Finlayson, H. H. 1941. On central Australian mammals. Part 2. The Muridae (Continued). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 65: 215 - 232, pls x - xiii." type="journal article" year="1941">Finlayson (1941)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
believed that he had examined the skull of Waite’s specimen F and
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Aitken, P" box="[194,351,239,263]" pageId="73" pageNumber="350" pagination="197 - 202" refId="ref124383" refString="Aitken, P. F. 1976. Vertebrate type-specimens in the South Australian Museum. V. Mammals. Records of the South Australian Museum 17 (11): 197 - 202." type="journal article" year="1976">Aitken (1976)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
lists specimen F as SAM M.2412, male, skull only. However,
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Kitchener, D" box="[437,629,269,293]" pageId="73" pageNumber="350" pagination="331 - 373" refId="ref134299" refString="Kitchener, D. J. 1989. Taxonomic appraisal of Zyzomys (Rodentia, Muridae) with descriptions of two new species from the Northern Territory, Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14 (3): 331 - 373." type="journal article" year="1989">Kitchener (1989)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
expressed doubt, noting discrepancies in cranial measurements with those of F provided in the original description.
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Kitchener, D" pageId="73" pageNumber="350" pagination="331 - 373" refId="ref134299" refString="Kitchener, D. J. 1989. Taxonomic appraisal of Zyzomys (Rodentia, Muridae) with descriptions of two new species from the Northern Territory, Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14 (3): 331 - 373." type="journal article" year="1989">Kitchener (1989)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
examined both putative
|
||
<typeStatus box="[476,571,357,381]" pageId="73" pageNumber="350">syntypes</typeStatus>
|
||
in the AM and SAM and concluded that
|
||
<emphasis box="[399,510,386,410]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="350">brachyotis</emphasis>
|
||
was not a valid taxon on the grounds that the specimens fall within the range of intraspecific variation of
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Waite" baseAuthorityYear="1896" box="[389,530,445,469]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Zyzomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="73" pageNumber="350" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pedunculatus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[389,530,445,469]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="350">pedunculatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. He also considered both to be either subadult or young adults, and noted that
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Finlayson, H" box="[121,300,503,528]" pageId="73" pageNumber="350" pagination="215 - 232" refId="ref128304" refString="Finlayson, H. H. 1941. On central Australian mammals. Part 2. The Muridae (Continued). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 65: 215 - 232, pls x - xiii." type="journal article" year="1941">Finlayson (1941)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
had determined that SAM M.2412 (a skull) was “definitely young”.
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Kitchener, D" box="[377,559,533,557]" pageId="73" pageNumber="350" pagination="331 - 373" refId="ref134299" refString="Kitchener, D. J. 1989. Taxonomic appraisal of Zyzomys (Rodentia, Muridae) with descriptions of two new species from the Northern Territory, Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14 (3): 331 - 373." type="journal article" year="1989">Kitchener (1989)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
did not designate a
|
||
<typeStatus box="[143,240,562,586]" pageId="73" pageNumber="350">lectotype</typeStatus>
|
||
for
|
||
<emphasis box="[291,403,562,586]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="350">brachyotis</emphasis>
|
||
, citing possible confusion over
|
||
<typeStatus box="[121,203,592,616]" pageId="73" pageNumber="350">syntype</typeStatus>
|
||
recognition; he was evidently unaware of Waite’s unambiguous entry for this taxon in the M Register.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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