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,
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.
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<emphasis id="1CD401843429CCA04D0C3CFA464A0785" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1360">Type Species:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A9054261797B857060FE23B08AF28835" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mus coucha</emphasis>
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Smith 1834
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<emphasis id="33F0ACAA75BF9A208D6EF4944E8FD8CC" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1360">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="9BB0D7F54CBAB50D8BC4FF99450EC3E2" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Myomys</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="A3782D09A0AB2A654D7B6E65BF5EA950" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1360">Species and subspecies:</emphasis>
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8 species:
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="57B49A9950F8238DC9B62BECD61D85D9" authority="Lavrenchenko, Likhnova, and Baskevich 1998" authorityName="Lavrenchenko, Likhnova, and Baskevich" authorityYear="1998" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1360" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="awashensis">
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<emphasis id="B24B97F52971721D0EAE67700B9CD882" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys awashensis</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="29F7376CC91A85DBF16FE15214F3464C" author="Lavrenchenko, L. A. & O. P. Likhnova & M. I. Baskevich & A. Bekele" refId="ref206312" refString="Lavrenchenko, L. A., O. P. Likhnova, M. I. Baskevich, and A. Bekele. 1998 a. Systematics and distribution of Mastomys (Muridae, Rodentia) from Ethiopia, with the description of a new species. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 63: 37 - 51." year="1998">Lavrenchenko, Likhnova, and Baskevich 1998</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="EB5C6072D21D8166AD26AE96B320A6AA" authority="(Smith 1834)" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1360" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coucha">
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<emphasis id="4F1DDAA21F37094A091C26CAFF92A690" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys coucha</emphasis>
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(Smith 1834)
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</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="04E6687EB8470063010269D9AE856553" pageNumber="1360">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="CE7533383FDA8F1BEB64C92FB925E035" authority="(Temminck 1853)" baseAuthorityName="Temminck" baseAuthorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1360" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythroleucus">
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<emphasis id="41497FF6CFC4BE4BF04230CB9CD853E8" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys erythroleucus</emphasis>
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(Temminck 1853)
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</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="2120D9CE0A8C7E103688CE657FFD5B66" pageNumber="1360">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="0A9131AD5F400DB6F59D1BFE39453BFD" authority="(Wroughton 1909)" baseAuthorityName="Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1360" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="huberti">
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<emphasis id="C39DBC791E1A70EA21895BC091606E3A" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys huberti</emphasis>
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(Wroughton 1909)
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="48C8472CB46E635CA153E6A2C6A7E51C" pageNumber="1360">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="50E7DA857F629D0429CF6C118F4D8927" authority="Petter 1957" authorityName="Petter" authorityYear="1957" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1360" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kollmannspergeri">
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<emphasis id="A7C729885F5754F360499C9193CB457A" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys kollmannspergeri</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="097AFD65515B0FAB0A7722696DAD61D3" author="Petter, F." refId="ref283311" refString="Petter, F. 1957. Remarques sur la sysematique des Rattus Africains et description d'une forme nouvelle de l'Air. Mammalia, 21 (2): 125 - 132." year="1957">Petter 1957</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="E20307FD2E6EB39340D72AB7B8E67F71" pageNumber="1360">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="5F2E5F1BC83BA60F71EA978D5F297AA4" authority="(Smith 1834)" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1360" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="natalensis">
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<emphasis id="BD6BB3C678792FDB9F4DEE2444C3364D" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys natalensis</emphasis>
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(Smith 1834)
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8F02594BC348BA35D574E5568A50345A" pageNumber="1360">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="8B917A241F3B7C5FBB76BA48F2BDA9E3" authority="Kershaw 1921" authorityName="Kershaw" authorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1360" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pernanus">
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<emphasis id="406160EEAB1D671E8DBC6A522C8E7D86" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys pernanus</emphasis>
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Kershaw 1921
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BBDA5F1CF0A2AF0847C2A613DBD9A721" pageNumber="1360">
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="EFA57AD7FA9F35AC2AB98FBF416B3AFC" authority="St. Leger 1933" authorityName="St. Leger" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1360" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shortridgei">
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<emphasis id="D9EA544921464A69A99262ACF289F198" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys shortridgei</emphasis>
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St. Leger 1933
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<subSubSection id="9507B40AC77C401BC54F22BDDD89E980" pageNumber="1360" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="133CA1ED55D38BA775DCD7256A51720E" pageNumber="1360">
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<emphasis id="E0D8B45A02C7D1B37E04F6830A4E6004" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1360">Discussion:</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="4D69AD60AF71C3AE5FE904EFC25A3D47" pageNumber="1360">
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<taxonomicName id="A38FEA997888695C28638C37F7E4FBEC" authorityName="Frick" authorityYear="1914" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Stenocephalemys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="5A7DB391D0BC1C9C4719E87374534F72" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Stenocephalemys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Division. Historical taxonomic use of
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<taxonomicName id="9A3441A88FCEE21A8C5DFF386FFE30E8" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="FCFDC790B0EE0CE2707C4AC8C8B0663E" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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as a genus or subgenus of either
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<taxonomicName id="2312AE80B4A1FE3DA06ED3768C6593EB" baseAuthorityName="Breed and Yong" baseAuthorityYear="1986" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="DAC75563CA68413700E97045650FE7C0" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Rattus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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or
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<taxonomicName id="FB7ADA5C065DF2DF9DA404F12D501D0C" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="8E4FBC0C76BA3E43DF395AE6FB0AB176" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Praomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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summarized by
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<bibRefCitation id="FDFAAC19A35A02E98A539614D1DC1F2A" author="Meester, J. A. J. & I. L. Rautenbach & N. J. Dippenaar & C. M. Baker" refId="ref236076" refString="Meester, J. A. J., I. L. Rautenbach, N. J. Dippenaar, and C. M. Baker. 1986. Classification of southern African mammals. Transvaal Museum Monograph, 5: 1 - 359." year="1986">Meester et al. (1986)</bibRefCitation>
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, Chevret et al. (1994), and
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<bibRefCitation id="4B35507FBE021DD78110FF82B54BE379" author="Granjon, L. & J. - M. Duplantier & J. Catalan & J. Britton-Davidian" refId="ref127028" refString="Granjon, L., J. - M. Duplantier, J. Catalan, and J. Britton-Davidian. 1997 b. Systematics of the genus Mastomys (Thomas, 1915) (Rodentia: Muridae). A review. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 127 (suppl. 1): 7 - 18." year="1997">
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Granjon et al. (1997
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<emphasis id="2256C903AF70BF9A131B27D320CB6E92" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">b</emphasis>
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)
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</bibRefCitation>
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. Morphological (
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<bibRefCitation id="A62F375046B2C14D68C742E17A02EA8D" author="Lecompte, E. & L. Granjon & C. Denys" refId="ref208545" refString="Lecompte, E., L. Granjon, and C. Denys. 2002 a. The phylogeny of the Praomys complex (Rodentia: Muridae) and its phylogeographic implications. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 40: 8 - 25." year="2002">
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Lecompte et al., 2002
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<emphasis id="E817707D2845261E5E1854DAD326F519" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">a</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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; Van der Straeten, 1979;
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<bibRefCitation id="C8B17A055006049CDF51BEF743518BA0" author="Van der Straeten, E. & C. B. Robbins" refId="ref364786" refString="Van der Straeten, E., and C. B. Robbins. 1997. Further studies on Mastomys (Rodentia: Muridae) types and generic distinctions among African Muridae. Mittheilungen Aus Dem Zoologischen Museum zu Berlin, 73 (1): 153 - 163." year="1997">Van der Straeten and Robbins, 1997</bibRefCitation>
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), protein electrophoretic analyses (
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<bibRefCitation id="E6BB7B88BB59FFE2961E1ADE9EFC70FE" author="Iskandar, D. & F. Bonhomme" refId="ref169026" refString="Iskandar, D., and F. Bonhomme. 1984. Variabilite electrophoretique totale a 11 loci structuraux chez les rongeurs murides (Muridae, Rodentia). Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology, 26: 622 - 627." year="1984">Iskandar and Bonhomme, 1984</bibRefCitation>
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), DNA/DNA hybridization experiments (Chevret et al., 1994), analyses of complete mtDNA cytochrome
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<emphasis id="026C7EB79C82C6E8407002B5F73814A3" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">b</emphasis>
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sequences (
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<bibRefCitation id="6868D42DDB497DAAC55011C7C942120E" author="Lecompte, E. & L. Granjon & J. Kerbis Peterhans & C. Denys" refId="ref208592" refString="Lecompte, E., L. Granjon, J. Kerbis Peterhans, and C. Denys. 2002 b. Cytochrome b-based phylogeny of the Praomys group (Rodentia, Murinae): A new African radiation? Comptes Rendus Biologies, 325: 827 - 840." year="2002">
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Lecompte et al., 2002
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<emphasis id="00C79997C3CC19535FD558222FD002ED" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">b</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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), and chromosomal data (
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="AB292445D1EA2AB76E18E9304B137754" author="Granjon, L. & J. - M. Duplantier & J. Catalan & J. Britton-Davidian" refId="ref127028" refString="Granjon, L., J. - M. Duplantier, J. Catalan, and J. Britton-Davidian. 1997 b. Systematics of the genus Mastomys (Thomas, 1915) (Rodentia: Muridae). A review. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 127 (suppl. 1): 7 - 18." year="1997">
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Granjon et al., 1997
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<emphasis id="AD0EAD6504AB57C3521BE10FE1253B82" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">b</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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) support union of most of the species listed below in a monophyletic group different from those clades containing species of
|
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<taxonomicName id="8A405B22717D9566F123BA913ADC26D9" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="BFAACA78A57A2437226C24724B91391F" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Praomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
|
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<taxonomicName id="AA5BC46ED85DC236C0D790D4C14CA9AE" authorityName="Shortridge" authorityYear="1942" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomyscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="85628D09EE9426D78399B2903C61E8AA" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Myomyscus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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, and
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<taxonomicName id="F5668620504B0AE5B6C5B82830C10903" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Hylomyscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="A2C863876AF769FD86909CB3F1F416DB" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Hylomyscus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
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||
<taxonomicName id="5871899F36C1864F246B1CD75C82F495" authorityName="Kershaw" authorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pernanus">
|
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<emphasis id="09566B2F36A06C6DD8119EAF76B062E5" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys pernanus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is the exception (see that account). Important to studies of specific diversity, biogeography, population and community ecology, and medicine, species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="EEC061D75CEBF18B05EAC4A4D343588E" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="E28925B7145E7FBDFD2E41ACE48271C3" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have been examined in several contexts (see reviews by
|
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<bibRefCitation id="3E3B5F363BA97C7BA2A37A7CDBAEE977" author="Granjon, L. & J. - M. Duplantier & J. Catalan & J. Britton-Davidian" refId="ref127028" refString="Granjon, L., J. - M. Duplantier, J. Catalan, and J. Britton-Davidian. 1997 b. Systematics of the genus Mastomys (Thomas, 1915) (Rodentia: Muridae). A review. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 127 (suppl. 1): 7 - 18." year="1997">
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Granjon et al., 1997
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<emphasis id="AD86FE50D6F00E1EC232E70EB8FC3706" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">b</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="0B050E4682666301A9AE690B738BF986" author="Keogh, H. J. & P. J. Price" refId="ref182925" refString="Keogh, H. J., and P. J. Price. 1981. The multimammate mice: A review. South African Journal of Science, 77: 484 - 488." year="1981">Keogh and Price, 1981</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="CADAFE7BFA4CC93720A68603A95A6703" author="Leirs, H." refId="ref209592" refString="Leirs, H. 1992. Population ecology of Mastomys natalensis (Smith, 1834) multimammate rats: Possible implications for rodent control in Africa. Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerpen, 263 pp." year="1992">Leirs, 1992</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="BA06CEB7BDDD906683F304195366BE4B" author="Skinner, J. D. & R. H. N. Smithers" refId="ref329484" refString="Skinner, J. D., and R. H. N. Smithers. 1990. The mammals of the southern African subregion. Second ed. University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, 771 pp." year="1990">Skinner and Smithers, 1990</bibRefCitation>
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; and
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<bibRefCitation id="9F104DB102A922731D039CAC426EB436" author="Taylor, P. J." refId="ref348781" refString="Taylor, P. J. 2000 b. Patterns of chromosomal variation in southern African rodents. Journal of Mammalogy, 81: 317 - 331." year="2000">
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Taylor, 2000
|
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<emphasis id="0C246F4D838CD00C13EEF971A04E292F" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">b</emphasis>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Until the late 1990s, definition of species by chromosomal and biochemical traits from some regions (
|
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<bibRefCitation id="00A95A572BFB11EC867F2F33385D81A2" author="Duplantier, J. - M. & J. Britton-Davidian & L. Granjon" refId="ref90284" refString="Duplantier, J. - M., J. Britton-Davidian, and L. Granjon. 1990 a. Chromosomal characterization of three species of the genus Mastomys in Senegal. Zeitschrift fur Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung, 28: 289 - 298." year="1990">
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Duplantier et al., 1990
|
||
<emphasis id="C46A9D347647CF92C79B791FE39220FD" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">a</emphasis>
|
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</bibRefCitation>
|
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; Green et al., 1980;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B053A832ECD77A9CFBD86D31E05F2366" author="Hubert, B. & A. Meylan & F. Petter & A. Poulet & M. Tranier" refId="ref160534" refString="Hubert, B., A. Meylan, F. Petter, A. Poulet, and M. Tranier. 1983. Different species in genus Mastomys from Western, Central and Southern Africa (Rodentia, Muridae). Annales Musee Royal De L'Afrique Centrale, Sciences Zoologiques, 237: 143 - 148." year="1983">Hubert et al., 1983</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) proceeded faster than definitions based on morphology, resulting in a new view of species-diversity in the genus, but also an ignorance of morphological limits of those species and their real geographic distributions. Recently, however, integration of chromosomal, molecular, and morphometric data has allowed sharper resolution of species limits, research summarized by
|
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<bibRefCitation id="C01694B8D500B2925DAC644FFC28D429" author="Granjon, L. & J. - M. Duplantier & J. Catalan & J. Britton-Davidian" refId="ref127028" refString="Granjon, L., J. - M. Duplantier, J. Catalan, and J. Britton-Davidian. 1997 b. Systematics of the genus Mastomys (Thomas, 1915) (Rodentia: Muridae). A review. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 127 (suppl. 1): 7 - 18." year="1997">
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Granjon et al. (1997
|
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<emphasis id="4BCC670FBADC542869BEB871F5397446" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">b</emphasis>
|
||
)
|
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</bibRefCitation>
|
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, who also presented the most current and best review of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B300AD879F33BAE69D1FD5693805CED" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="C9C73F36BEDA775808C663F16C969632" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
systematics. Except for adding new data and various comments, we follow their conception of species contents.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="DFA09AED7C422FB61458E1481FC927F0" pageNumber="1360">
|
||
Monophyly of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F758824AE2210AA567A6E56D438087B6" baseAuthorityName="Temminck" baseAuthorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythroleucus">
|
||
<emphasis id="AB626A8E3DFC14CED671A739F18EEE45" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">M. erythroleucus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ED429F6BFE14734101D787BE83BB505C" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="natalensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="6C65D71D29CFFC18BFD9703F56AE918F" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">M. natalensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="BE582CCF2B3ED1FA032410D988C8DBC3" baseAuthorityName="Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="huberti">
|
||
<emphasis id="E7FA757FCDB0D41EBD94108C8D19670E" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">M. huberti</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8A477FB096FD69D2DBACF54E208997D0" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coucha">
|
||
<emphasis id="2D003AA80895D052114C477EFCE7C399" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">M. coucha</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is supported by cladistic analyses of chromosomal traits (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B1D82DB8B6D320E8D09F9F59F04F6F08" author="Britton-Davidian, J. & J. Catalan & L. Granjon & J. - M. Duplantier" refId="ref42477" refString="Britton-Davidian, J., J. Catalan, L. Granjon, and J. - M. Duplantier. 1995. Chromosomal phylogeny and evolution in the genus Mastomys (Mammalia, Rodentia). Journal of Mammalogy, 76 (1): 248 - 262." year="1995">Britton-Davidian et al., 1995</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="2F1BA44D6E24BCB620AE262E5825AB2B" author="Volobouev, V. T. & V. M. Aniskin & E. Lecompte & J. F. Ducroz" refId="ref376257" refString="Volobouev, V. T., V. M. Aniskin, E. Lecompte, and J. F. Ducroz. 2002 b. Patterns of karyotype evolution in complexes of sibling species within three genera of African murid rodents inferred from the comparison of cytogenetic and molecular data. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 96: 261 - 275." year="2002">
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Volobouev et al., 2002
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<emphasis id="9D84BF85C9240D53B2D41BCC41C58108" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">b</emphasis>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) and variation in skeletal, dental, and soft tissue characters (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="E050AAFFB27CCBED9F27DBE84F664989" author="Lecompte, E. & L. Granjon & C. Denys" refId="ref208545" refString="Lecompte, E., L. Granjon, and C. Denys. 2002 a. The phylogeny of the Praomys complex (Rodentia: Muridae) and its phylogeographic implications. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 40: 8 - 25." year="2002">
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Lecompte et al., 2002
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<emphasis id="35B2CE7046EE528B154A30F8E98D7103" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">a</emphasis>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
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). Analyses of complete mtDNA cytochrome
|
||
<emphasis id="DFACC7728D087B7B467E0BCE0B0D70FA" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">b</emphasis>
|
||
sequences support monophyly of the same four species and adds
|
||
<taxonomicName id="26D35FA3E72DF82C5930B5745EDA8CBB" authorityName="Petter" authorityYear="1957" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kollmannspergeri">
|
||
<emphasis id="441D23A6672D6015C3906B027640B475" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">M. kollmannspergeri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(reported as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="CAEC61FD03D5F441CEEF86922892BB66" authorityName="Robbins and Van der Straeten" authorityYear="1989" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verheyeni">
|
||
<emphasis id="EF97437C04CEC8E60A02B02A6578A401" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">verheyeni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) to that cluster (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="0AE9A8F2C95CF71905AB99CBAEA25F91" author="Lecompte, E. & L. Granjon & J. Kerbis Peterhans & C. Denys" refId="ref208592" refString="Lecompte, E., L. Granjon, J. Kerbis Peterhans, and C. Denys. 2002 b. Cytochrome b-based phylogeny of the Praomys group (Rodentia, Murinae): A new African radiation? Comptes Rendus Biologies, 325: 827 - 840." year="2002">
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Lecompte et al., 2002
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<emphasis id="D50ABEB4EFAA1918E09FD4A8453B6064" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">b</emphasis>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
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||
<bibRefCitation id="75E93F681F66AC41050CECC18D4EE283" author="Lavrenchenko, L. A. & O. P. Likhnova & V. N. Orlov" refId="ref206193" refString="Lavrenchenko, L. A., O. P. Likhnova, and V. N. Orlov. 1992. [Hemoglobin patterns: A possible implication in systematics of multimammate rats Mastomys (Muridae, Rodentia).] Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 71 (8): 85 - 93 (in Russian with English abstract)." year="1992">Lavrenchenko et al. (1992)</bibRefCitation>
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||
provided a review of chromosomal and biochemical polymorphism (including hemoglobin electrophoresis) in samples of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3F8095EE5E83287574E626B1A65B8DEB" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2DF0A04745D0DD6E8FF98D4C5EDC92EC" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and the significance of these data in distinguishing species and other topics. Pattern of karyotype evolution among several
|
||
<taxonomicName id="2D1E906CBE92D0E08FB595C15A56060D" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="78F453A0813B5CC7C6630EB1F007B4F3" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, its correlation with phylogenetic patterns indicated by analyses of gene sequences, and relevance to cladogenesis in the genus discussed by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B49759DD098A18648AD28A72FAC97897" author="Volobouev, V. T. & V. M. Aniskin & E. Lecompte & J. F. Ducroz" refId="ref376257" refString="Volobouev, V. T., V. M. Aniskin, E. Lecompte, and J. F. Ducroz. 2002 b. Patterns of karyotype evolution in complexes of sibling species within three genera of African murid rodents inferred from the comparison of cytogenetic and molecular data. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 96: 261 - 275." year="2002">
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Volobouev et al. (2002
|
||
<emphasis id="E0328BD979549BDBAFA65BAE7FC961EC" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">b</emphasis>
|
||
)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
. Spermatozoal morphology of selected species documented by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="5F92E48731A1B43A74B76A3B05D35E48" author="Breed, W. G." refId="ref41105" refString="Breed, W. G. 1995 a. Spermatozoa of murid rodents from Africa: Morphological diversity and evolutionary trends. Journal of Zoology, London, 237: 625 - 651." year="1995">
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Breed (1995
|
||
<emphasis id="A05618DBB50E032BDCD726530FD798A9" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">a</emphasis>
|
||
)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
and
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="F46A500D7C0F7E555D7DED93D836DF63" author="Baskevich, M. I. & L. A. Lavrenchenko" refId="ref22698" refString="Baskevich, M. I., and L. A. Lavrenchenko. 1995. On the morphology of spermatozoa in some African murines (Rodentia, Muridae): The taxonomic and phylogenetic aspects. Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Research, 33: 9 - 16." year="1995">Baskevich and Lavrenchenko (1995)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
. Analysis of microcomplement fixation of albumin grouped
|
||
<taxonomicName id="61ACA35FC0812B2F8E318E676E8D5C27" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2238718E9677FB5CF503134C1F110992" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3E83B32792F24E44BED35F8808D1BC8A" authorityName="F. Cuvier" authorityYear="1824" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Otomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="58BCB58B62DF6183CBB19EA55087B105" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Otomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4BA898F3F4FAE968F4DC942C7E4B7E09" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="9D120BF1ACFDAA0B664DF84AF07E062A" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Myomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(=
|
||
<taxonomicName id="00B4D228AA9461A6DF88EE7164A53DA8" authorityName="Shortridge" authorityYear="1942" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomyscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B39C904630A4E63BAE14EDBA7F3DF7D7" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Myomyscus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8E9B1D32716E3335C400F0475FF94D0B" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Hylomyscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="DC1F7199C205A59108145DCDDF9FCA63" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Hylomyscus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ED4BBE63AC7DCAAABC646D44A80DE912" authority="(Watts and Baverstock, 1995 a)" baseAuthorityName="Watts and Baverstock" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Praomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="CFF283418C87D96ED142C27AC5ADAA7A" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Praomys</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="5BDE022A38BF357188583B45D3285865" author="Watts, C. H. S. & 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="596841EE7FA076D1C8D5140C87C47252" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">a</emphasis>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="BF993AF272578F08C753A8288307AFDA" pageNumber="1360">
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="710B4D55475A9700477BE923564EEC68" author="Robbins, C. B. & E. Van der Straeten" refId="ref305902" refString="Robbins, C. B., and E. Van der Straeten. 1989. Comments on the systematics of Mastomys Thomas 1915 with the description of a new West African species. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 69: 1 - 14." year="1989">Robbins and Van der Straeten (1989)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
and
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7F74B6D7E9389E52B180307F72605F93" author="Van der Straeten, E. & C. B. Robbins" refId="ref364786" refString="Van der Straeten, E., and C. B. Robbins. 1997. Further studies on Mastomys (Rodentia: Muridae) types and generic distinctions among African Muridae. Mittheilungen Aus Dem Zoologischen Museum zu Berlin, 73 (1): 153 - 163." year="1997">Van der Straeten and Robbins (1997)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
studied
|
||
<typeStatus id="4D24EAF76EFFD8034916FD3DDD92BED6">holotypes</typeStatus>
|
||
that are the basis of most names associated with the
|
||
<emphasis id="9A41D6E83849FDB4BD0EB691DA1C73BF" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys-Myomys</emphasis>
|
||
(=
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FF892A170173FA4CE70A45C9DEA1C0F4" authorityName="Shortridge" authorityYear="1942" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomyscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="C172C42A9D529772D6F1DC9D7382D254" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Myomyscus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
)
|
||
<emphasis id="F52FA0BEFF47FA01D4E04FAEC2F048D1" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Hylomyscus-Praomys</emphasis>
|
||
group, and identified the taxa they definitely regard as representing
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6B315C4D96BF4DB1C21F6E6D2718A849" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="894A0E9F0755BBD411176E3B178F6A63" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
but unfortunately did not allocate any of them to species. One of these names is
|
||
<taxonomicName id="24D7C3ECD296E79D941083762CDFC7B3" authority="Brants (1827)" authorityName="Brants" authorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colonus">
|
||
<emphasis id="DA0C1090D6EFBE477430062ADF0A5206" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mus colonus</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4B34D8C15A063F21BBA61712B182F52D" author="Brants, A." refId="ref40324" refString="Brants, A. 1827. Het Geslacht der muizen door Linnaeus opgesteld, volgens de tegenswoordige toestand der wetenschap in familien, geslachten en soorten verdeeld. Academische Boekdrukkerij, Berlijn, 190 pp." year="1827">Brants (1827)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, which was made the type species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F8C084AEE420D33988C61280D83E5D1B" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="8E8368E9D672D2F495D6F6908BB15727" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Myomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="A561256CACD2830C0D97B70AB3B9A304" author="Thomas, O." refId="ref353986" refString="Thomas, O. 1915. List of mammals (exclusive of Ungulata) collected on the Upper Congo by Dr. Christy for the Congo Museum, Tervueren. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 16: 465 - 481." year="1915">Thomas (1915)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
. Because some workers claimed
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E7E3CD8580B68D20561D2E52C51A2354" authorityName="Brants" authorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colonus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B57BB6FB35CDB9E59648CA1C923E6C82" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">colonus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was unidentifiable and therefore
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AC546715C8F34DD0382D6F8BF2B550F0" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="9A853AFB19ECBB9AD11D86AF41F361BE" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Myomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is invalid,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="572E50D084C786A553455D0D5F4912ED" authorityName="Shortridge" authorityYear="1942" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomyscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="C8907BA963ACC71B660836001015F9B4" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Myomyscus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was proposed by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="DDCA681F62B3E3B60A3F39EA703A726D" author="Shortridge, G. C." refId="ref326502" refString="Shortridge, G. C. 1942. Field notes on the first and second expeditions to the Cape Museum's mammal survey of the Cape Province; with descriptions of some new subgenera and subspecies. Annals of the South African Museum, 36: 27 - 100." year="1942">Shortridge (1942)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
to replace
|
||
<taxonomicName id="81BEF827204DAB3E6C13FE507BF8B910" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0FED8404F78F0995B8829A3B4E0A6870" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Myomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The problem and historical opinions have been thoroughly reviewed (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="E8D49FC669C5964319B01A7C5B7B9662" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306581" refString="Roberts, A. 1951. The mammals of South Africa. Trustees of " The mammals of South Africa " book fund, Johannesburg, 700 pp." year="1951">Roberts, 1951</bibRefCitation>
|
||
; Ellerman et al., 1953;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="DE5891DAE4F7DEE2E81D617809E1B5F6" 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>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="D49E0F65A09773A2D2DA021669F74260" author="Van der Straeten, E. & W. N. Verheyen" refId="ref364952" refString="Van der Straeten, E., and W. N. Verheyen. 1978 b. Taxonomical notes on the West African Myomys with the description of Myomys derooi (Mammalia- - Muridae). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 43: 31 - 41." year="1978">
|
||
Van der Straeten and Verheyen, 1978
|
||
<emphasis id="8DCC12D26F866A36738E18FD279B5549" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">b</emphasis>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="2BED75517D0D94E290EA334D406242D6" author="Meester, J. A. J. & I. L. Rautenbach & N. J. Dippenaar & C. M. Baker" refId="ref236076" refString="Meester, J. A. J., I. L. Rautenbach, N. J. Dippenaar, and C. M. Baker. 1986. Classification of southern African mammals. Transvaal Museum Monograph, 5: 1 - 359." year="1986">Meester et al., 1986</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Recently,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="203D80FE12E53C990E4D94BA7CF23FF6" author="Van der Straeten, E. & C. B. Robbins" refId="ref364786" refString="Van der Straeten, E., and C. B. Robbins. 1997. Further studies on Mastomys (Rodentia: Muridae) types and generic distinctions among African Muridae. Mittheilungen Aus Dem Zoologischen Museum zu Berlin, 73 (1): 153 - 163." year="1997">Van der Straeten and Robbins (1997)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
located the specimen (an adult male) described by Brants, which represents the
|
||
<typeStatus id="CE2E97BEA10B12B9086A2E7D0BA18F92">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="34A5D0A8684FC2E0728518AECC8E2473" authorityName="Brants" authorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colonus">
|
||
<emphasis id="A387E0CE2A75324C531226293514EEAF" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">colonus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and to them the skull and teeth "shows all
|
||
<taxonomicName id="CB757FD3708A508B3439E611E5249AFE" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="845115B3BF596ECFF0685F5FE355F67A" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
characters" (p. 153); they did not assign the
|
||
<typeStatus id="85D06CD4C5C3E1EC1DAC3A219E0DF67D">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
to a definite species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B723E9EC5C08D1F7E5E233452CA5FB25" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="80091F8CF42845E7142718317201EEED" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="AEE18863CE5DF61482AB509C1A49762D" author="Brants, A." refId="ref40324" refString="Brants, A. 1827. Het Geslacht der muizen door Linnaeus opgesteld, volgens de tegenswoordige toestand der wetenschap in familien, geslachten en soorten verdeeld. Academische Boekdrukkerij, Berlijn, 190 pp." year="1827">Brants (1827)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
did not indicate the type locality, but Van der Straeten and Robbins reported that "Zondagsrivier" is written on the specimen label and that place is listed as "Uitenhage, Port Elizabeth (33E46'S, 25E24'E)" in the gazetteer they consulted. This is far eastward of the geographic range of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A2BE8596A974A0199EF586CA15AAEAE4" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomyscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verreauxii">
|
||
<emphasis id="7A6062F37ADB90179B4D4E434E5CB9AA" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Myomyscus verreauxii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, very close to if not within the western margin of the distribution of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="10C5C59CA13D294BB65AD4E26B5D8595" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coucha">
|
||
<emphasis id="0D8BA620E12F820AD23FDBFC1F9A0B48" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">M. coucha</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but not within the range of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="CDF5A01BD0B7F80F4FE2E2B2C00B5929" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="natalensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B01BAC04521819454452477DEF930F58" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">M. natalensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(as mapped by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="A0866942169D3F0D108B77091AA3908F" author="Skinner, J. D. & R. H. N. Smithers" refId="ref329484" refString="Skinner, J. D., and R. H. N. Smithers. 1990. The mammals of the southern African subregion. Second ed. University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, 771 pp." year="1990">Skinner and Smithers, 1990</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, and
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="68530C7585815BEDBFF675367E879431" author="de Graaff, G." refId="ref78305" refString="de Graaff, G. 1997 q. Natal multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis. Pp. 145 - 146, in The complete book of southern African mammals (G. Mills and L. Hes, eds.). Struik Winchester, Capetown, 356 pp." year="1997">
|
||
de Graaff, 1997
|
||
<emphasis id="D5D32FCC01F54B2862D3BAFA793179FE" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">q</emphasis>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
; but see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="54EFACC212D41CBB8F0ABF0E3FE5B544" author="Taylor, P. J." refId="ref348781" refString="Taylor, P. J. 2000 b. Patterns of chromosomal variation in southern African rodents. Journal of Mammalogy, 81: 317 - 331." year="2000">
|
||
Taylor, 2000
|
||
<emphasis id="6B86547560EFAB0A12AD8AADCC0B0D67" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">b</emphasis>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Musser studied the specimen set aside by Van der Straeten in Berlin and agrees with the identification by Van der Straeten and Robbins. It is not related to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5F43E545D424C36765256AF5D465C732" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomyscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verreauxii">
|
||
<emphasis id="3E54A76679225960243E2BF922F44AC8" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Myomyscus verreauxii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="848A41316C08A4F2C680E5DE0C29194C" author="Roberts, A." refId="ref306581" refString="Roberts, A. 1951. The mammals of South Africa. Trustees of " The mammals of South Africa " book fund, Johannesburg, 700 pp." year="1951">Roberts (1951)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
indicated (he treated it as a species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="05E7146675706D9F90E100993B2878AC" authorityName="Shortridge" authorityYear="1942" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomyscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="D6D3083230769322F4F0A88801869FB7" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Myomyscus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but did not have the benefit of examining the
|
||
<typeStatus id="6C8C3B676CA4A370AD3CC9B93B27A70E">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
), but is a
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D7270FC4F60188BCE90BB35354D4C0C2" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="10FD22EF804825FCFE9A67626AE0E1F7" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="41EEADC4174162F3E4D49D574A205516" pageNumber="1360">
|
||
Identifying the
|
||
<typeStatus id="426E6A4D1738DF70B81E0DC0284F3A30">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="98F225467135B5B1B7152538D1B47C14" authorityName="Brants" authorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colonus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0CC645AC4404E67AA4ADD536F35DC671" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">colonus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as a
|
||
<taxonomicName id="465D4B6A01DDEB09AB74C16B978C0BB3" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="204A997A798DB243E780C7ABFA1A8582" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
affects the taxonomy of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3E6175BF667C1FE9173C19F69731E681" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="F7028DAA3872A22A1DCF29BB787D1F7F" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="55FD1DC8AB28E6CA5D61F7724721ADCB" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="5BFB268BAA4F3B07F358304148C9CEBF" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Myomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in three ways. First,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F588198776A30ED5E66F20EF1482D2B4" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="E67551BDC7182F64E1DE45D9A0DC7F66" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Myomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has to be arranged as a synonym of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6A45288EB050B6B1CE692C5483078B17" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="D70C1B2C6E26BB3A244DD81EF5AF2442" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(both were named by Thomas and preliminarily diagnosed on the same page with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DF819E67D04A1D17BE1D5E02539EEB5D" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="C13374EA7722254F103030300B27D7E8" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Myomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
on the line above
|
||
<taxonomicName id="65DDEBB71C024C383D584163EADB199A" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="34197C99613449D2E7B201DB9AABEF73" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
). Second,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="2938104EDF4E6F25D5A83D39E312E2C3" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2638144FF1120F3F8A8ABBE00946B580" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Myomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
must be replaced by
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B6245B8C0C098DB6E1A4359F746F7C18" authorityName="Shortridge" authorityYear="1942" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomyscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="3F35B814C0D90BC50899AB2B3C5CFD39" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Myomyscus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
to cover the species formerly assigned to it. Finally,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="65F75CE1C72E89E859CC228539C7884A" authorityName="Brants" authorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colonus">
|
||
<emphasis id="3BD0B4787EC96EA0FD1DB206BA2B1E8A" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">colonus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
may be the earliest name for what is now called
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7BA51D4E4A568A4739C27F5D3D873919" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coucha">
|
||
<emphasis id="900945D35A4F7625C5AEAB8DE9A035E8" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">M. coucha</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Here we allocate
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B7EC63C10C9DC0B5B0E3C522A385A420" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Myomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="1BBAB32CE8F9587F1C8392ED7342B32C" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Myomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
to the synonymy of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E87CC877002BAD2DBD1AB56BF51FA7CF" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="3E422AE89F328A4C59982D3B7B335C77" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
but await future study to determine the specific identity of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="D568E327AB7FC2DCB6990C1613ABFBE3">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A384EBFADB1EBDF9FFB71F44F526E2A6" authorityName="Brants" authorityYear="1827" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colonus">
|
||
<emphasis id="D61502AAD2FABB9EA2C643EFAA88EB1E" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">colonus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. That could be accomplished by including the
|
||
<typeStatus id="B45C1F27641B0CFFCEDA101D9CCB5E4B">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
in a multivariate discriminant function analysis among
|
||
<taxonomicName id="03C326CC09203B3809192741BC4809A8" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="C138FF1720E2B91B9EE07543C47D5211" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
samples from southern Africa, and by extracting a piece of dry tissue, bone or tooth from it for analysis by mitochondrial or nuclear DNA sequencing.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="440C735DF6049C23D4653F10D2468E42" pageNumber="1360">
|
||
Despite accumulation of systematic information through the last decade, the species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="705DA24BD16609A9668648FEF5D8AA06" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="53E45BA9F3D15A56B85A2FDEC67C9AF8" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
still require careful taxonomic revision; geographic ranges have to be resolved for most species, and associating the many scientific names proposed with currently defined species remains a vexing problem. Living species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F79A87E3E98D15604B9E91B30B0458D8" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="234D1105DCCDD1D59660194BD76FC513" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
occur primarily in subsaharan Africa (isolated population in WC
|
||
<collectingCountry id="29686561D1857456642121E0CE14B605" name="Morocco">Morocco</collectingCountry>
|
||
is the North African exception) and the genus is represented in late Pliocene, early Pleistocene, and Holocene deposits of East and
|
||
<collectingCountry id="E8BBA1B7FD5AA4FB93DB6739B0C98267" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
(
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<bibRefCitation id="A0B04CD81FADC303465BA38270CF4718" author="Avery, D. M." refId="ref16042" refString="Avery, D. M. 1998. An assessment of the lower Pleistocene micromammalian fauna from Swartkrans Members 1 - 3, Gauteng, South Africa. Geobios, 31 (3): 393 - 414." year="1998">Avery, 1998</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="80B394C30844FCF8CF1300A8471CC737" 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">2000</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="88F1B18181D2BC62AA28BB72C45309E6" author="Denys, C." refId="ref81481" refString="Denys, C. 1987 a. Rodentia and Lagomorpha. 6.1. Fossil rodents (other than Pedetidae) from Laetoli. Pp. 118 - 170, in Laetoli, a Pliocene site in northern Tanzania (M. D. Leakey and J. M. Harris, eds.). Clarendon Press, Oxford, 561 pp." year="1987">
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Denys, 1987
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<emphasis id="760ED829BBB3E50AE713B5F5B5D421BA" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">a</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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, 1999; Jaeger, 1976; Wesselman. 1984), but at least three once occurred in the S Levant (
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<collectingCountry id="B7D29EC7D0C1D662877CD1F6CA59A88E" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
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).
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<taxonomicName id="69FDE637B3F017F6AA69F063CD3D3E62" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="batei">
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<emphasis id="33395851008615F05E497490339F5DE3" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys batei</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, described from middle and Late Pleistocene (
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<bibRefCitation id="54B48FF382B53A4A5314AFA7B3C7A27F" author="Bate, D. M. A." refId="ref23294" refString="Bate, D. M. A. 1942 b. Pleistocene Murinae from Palestine. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 11, 9: 465 - 487." year="1942">
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Bate, 1942
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<emphasis id="63CFFA19618D5609F6C200D8E50175BD" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">b</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="9CB79D9E1B97D577E6388EA03AE652DF" author="Tchernov, E." refId="ref349408" refString="Tchernov, E. 1968. Succession of rodent faunas during the Upper Pleistocene of Israel. Mammalia Depicta, 3: 152 pp." year="1968">Tchernov, 1968</bibRefCitation>
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), is absent from sediments dated later than
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<geoCoordinate id="AC1F4C29EF10E155758C5F6915F01CA1" degrees="80,000" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="80.0">80,000</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate id="915DF48AC6F579C0A9B5F7BF1DD0A204" degrees="70,000" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="-70.0">-70,000</geoCoordinate>
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years before present (
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<bibRefCitation id="0227C0EC67B9429168D26422606893D5" author="Tchernov, E." refId="ref349470" refString="Tchernov, E. 1986. The rodents and lagomorphs from ' Ubeidiya Formation: Systematics, paleoecology and biogeography. Pp. 235 - 350, in Les mammiferes du Pleistocene Inferieur de la Vallee du Jourdain a Oubeidiyeh (E. Tchernov, ed.). Memoires et Travaux du Centre de Recherche Francais de Jerusalem, 5: 1 - 405." year="1986">Tchernov, 1986</bibRefCitation>
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, 1992, 1994, and references cited therein). Fossils identified as
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<taxonomicName id="9163CB419F54D483EE8CF9F71711F7EE" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="galilensis">
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<emphasis id="4CE549EE68436D8F8555B279C3C823F0" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">Mastomys galilensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="6D9179A494811D32ACB566FA8A36D10D" authorityName="Bate" authorityYear="1942" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Apodemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="levantinus">
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<emphasis id="9C42BC9DB4B17182E9BC4131E3B30220" italics="true" pageNumber="1360">M. levantinus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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were recovered from the early Pleistocene ‘Ubeidiya Formation in the Central
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<collectingCountry id="0686D214E4C9C19C906CBA2DAA72FBE3" name="Jordan">Jordan</collectingCountry>
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Valley of
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<collectingCountry id="2058C51E14588EA58F69065C640CD9EE" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="CE2F20FB38D5BAD8A9143C49B63E10F9" author="Tchernov, E." refId="ref349470" refString="Tchernov, E. 1986. The rodents and lagomorphs from ' Ubeidiya Formation: Systematics, paleoecology and biogeography. Pp. 235 - 350, in Les mammiferes du Pleistocene Inferieur de la Vallee du Jourdain a Oubeidiyeh (E. Tchernov, ed.). Memoires et Travaux du Centre de Recherche Francais de Jerusalem, 5: 1 - 405." year="1986">Tchernov, 1986</bibRefCitation>
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)
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</paragraph>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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