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<mods:title>Order Rodentia - Family Muridae</mods:title>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Guy G. Musser</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Michael D. Carleton</mods:namePart>
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<mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource>
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<mods:dateIssued>1993</mods:dateIssued>
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<mods:publisher>Smithsonian Institution Press</mods:publisher>
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<mods:placeTerm>Washington and London</mods:placeTerm>
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<mods:roleTerm>Editor</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Don E. Wilson</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Editor</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>DeeAnn M. Reeder</mods:namePart>
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<mods:titleInfo>
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<mods:title>Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)</mods:title>
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<mods:start>501</mods:start>
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<mods:end>755</mods:end>
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<mods:classification>book chapter</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ISBN">1-56098-217-9</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Zenodo-Dep">7353098</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7284557" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7284557" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D087AEFF77FF3AFEFA0A19FBAEFB2C" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087AEFF77FF3AFEFA0A19FBAEFB2C" lastPageNumber="630" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">
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<subSubSection box="[265,1408,287,326]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph blockId="129.[265,1877,287,1247]" box="[265,1408,287,326]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">
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<treatmentCitation author="Pousargues" authority="(Pousargues, 1893)" baseAuthorityName="Pousargues" baseAuthorityYear="1893" box="[265,1398,287,326]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" journal="Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr." kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="163" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dybowskii" title="Mylomys dybowskii" volume="18" year="1893">
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<taxonomicName authority="(Pousargues, 1893)" baseAuthorityName="Pousargues" baseAuthorityYear="1893" box="[265,924,287,326]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dybowskii">
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<emphasis box="[265,588,287,326]" italics="true" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Mylomys dybowskii</emphasis>
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(Pousargues, 1893)
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<bibCitation author="Pousargues" box="[948,1398,287,326]" journal="Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr." pageId="129" pageNumber="630" pagination="163" title="Mylomys dybowskii" volume="18" year="1893">Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr., 18:163</bibCitation>
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<subSubSection box="[307,1527,329,368]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph blockId="129.[265,1877,287,1247]" box="[307,1527,329,368]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">
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TYPE LOCALITY:
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<materialsCitation box="[553,1521,329,368]" country="Central African Republic" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">
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<collectingCountry box="[553,983,329,368]" name="Central African Republic" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Central African Republic</collectingCountry>
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(=
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<collectingCountry box="[1045,1286,329,368]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">French Congo</collectingCountry>
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), Kemo River
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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<subSubSection pageId="129" pageNumber="630" type="distribution">
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<paragraph blockId="129.[265,1877,287,1247]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">
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DISTRIBUTION:
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<collectingCountry box="[531,652,371,409]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Guinea</collectingCountry>
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(Mt Nimba),
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<collectingCountry box="[892,1094,371,409]" name="Ivory Coast" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Ivory Coast</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[1113,1228,371,409]" name="Ghana" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Ghana</collectingCountry>
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, S
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<collectingCountry box="[1279,1460,371,409]" name="Cameroon" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[1479,1593,371,409]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Congo</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry name="Central African Republic" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Central African Republic</collectingCountry>
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, W, N and E
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<collectingCountry box="[916,1008,413,451]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Zaire</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[1026,1168,413,451]" name="Rwanda" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Rwanda</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[1187,1347,413,451]" name="Tanzania" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[1367,1478,413,451]" name="Kenya" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Kenya</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[1496,1634,413,451]" name="Uganda" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Uganda</collectingCountry>
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, and S
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<collectingCountry box="[1761,1868,413,451]" name="Sudan" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Sudan</collectingCountry>
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<subSubSection box="[306,1669,455,493]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" type="synonym_list">
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<paragraph blockId="129.[265,1877,287,1247]" box="[306,1669,455,493]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">
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SYNONYMS:
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<emphasis box="[491,1669,455,493]" italics="true" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">
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alberti, christyi,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1906" box="[763,972,455,493]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cuninghamei">cuninghamei</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hayman" authorityYear="1936" baseAuthorityName="Thomas and Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1923" box="[993,1079,455,493]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lowei">lowei</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName box="[1099,1261,455,493]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="massaicus">massaicus</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Yerbury and Thomas" authorityYear="1895" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[1282,1334,455,493]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rex">rex</taxonomicName>
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, richardi,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Heller" authorityYear="1910" box="[1506,1659,455,493]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roosevelti">roosevelti</taxonomicName>
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.
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<subSubSection pageId="129" pageNumber="630" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="129.[265,1877,287,1247]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">
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COMMENTS:
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<bibRefCitation author="Hatt, R. T." box="[496,705,496,534]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" refId="ref142554" refString="Hatt, R. T. 1940 a. Lagomorpha and Rodentia other than Sciuridae, Anomaluridae and Idiuridae, collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 76 (9): 457 - 604." year="1940">Hatt (1940a)</bibRefCitation>
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noted that the cotypes of
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Pousargues" baseAuthorityYear="1893" box="[1157,1316,496,534]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dybowskii">
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<emphasis box="[1157,1316,496,534]" italics="true" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">dybowskii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are examples of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1906" box="[1613,1762,496,534]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[1613,1762,496,534]" italics="true" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Mylomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and not
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<emphasis box="[458,600,538,576]" italics="true" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1852" box="[458,593,538,576]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pelomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pelomys</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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under which the name had been listed (
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<bibRefCitation author="Ellerman, J. R." box="[1298,1559,538,576]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" refId="ref92857" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp." year="1941">Ellerman, 1941</bibRefCitation>
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), and selected a
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<typeStatus box="[392,549,580,618]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">lectotype</typeStatus>
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. The identity was verified by F.
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<bibRefCitation author="Petter, F." box="[1110,1344,580,618]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" refId="ref283444" refString="Petter, F. 1962 b. Note de nomenclature sur le genere Mylomys (Rongeurs Murides). Mammalia, 26: 575." year="1962">Petter (1962b)</bibRefCitation>
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. Significance of geographic variation in chromatic and morphological traits has yet to be assessed by critical systematic revision; whether the genus is monotypic or contains more than one species is unresolved. Chromosomal data for sample from
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<collectingCountry box="[1410,1844,705,743]" name="Central African Republic" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Central African Republic</collectingCountry>
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reported by Matthey (1970), and those from Mt Nimba (
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<collectingCountry box="[1359,1481,746,785]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Guinea</collectingCountry>
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) provided by
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<bibRefCitation author="Gautun, J. - C. & I. Sankhon & M. Tranier" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" refId="ref115743" refString="Gautun, J. - C., I. Sankhon, and M. Tranier. 1986. Nouvelle contribution a la connaissance des rongeurs du massif guineen des monts Nimba (Afrique occidentale). Systematique et apercu quantitatif. Mammalia, 50: 205 - 217." year="1986">Gautun et al. (1986)</bibRefCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="129.[265,1877,287,1247]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">
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The taxon
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<emphasis box="[615,675,831,869]" italics="true" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Yerbury and Thomas" authorityYear="1895" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[615,668,831,869]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rex">rex</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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represented only by the
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<typeStatus box="[1107,1260,831,869]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">holotype</typeStatus>
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, a skin without skull from Kaffa in C
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<collectingCountry box="[430,576,872,911]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
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, was described by
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<bibRefCitation author="Thomas, O." box="[906,1174,872,911]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" refId="ref352832" refString="Thomas, O. 1906 a. Descriptions of new mammals from Mount Ruwenzori. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, 18: 136 - 147." year="1906">Thomas (1906a)</bibRefCitation>
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as a species of
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<emphasis box="[1446,1646,872,911]" italics="true" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Lesson" authorityYear="1842" box="[1446,1639,872,911]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Arvicanthis</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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but later "provisionally considered as a giant member of
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<emphasis box="[1226,1414,915,953]" italics="true" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">
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<taxonomicName authority="(Thomas, 1916a:68)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityPageNumber="68" baseAuthorityYear="1916" box="[1226,1401,915,953]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Desmomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Desmomys</taxonomicName>
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"
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</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Thomas, O." box="[1442,1752,915,953]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" refId="ref354033" refString="Thomas, O. 1916 a. On the rats usually included in the genus Arvicanthis. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 18: 67 - 70." year="1916">Thomas, 1916a:68</bibRefCitation>
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). Dieterlen (1974) challenged the validity of
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<emphasis box="[1135,1194,957,995]" italics="true" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Yerbury and Thomas" authorityYear="1895" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[1135,1187,957,995]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rex">rex</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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but
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<bibRefCitation author="Yalden, D. W. & M. J. Largen & D. Kock" box="[1275,1608,957,995]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" refId="ref397218" refString="Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, and D. Kock. 1976. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia. 2. Insectivora and Rodentia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 8 (1): 1 - 118." year="1976">Yalden et al. (1976)</bibRefCitation>
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pointed out the features distinguishing the
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<typeStatus box="[931,1078,997,1036]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">holotype</typeStatus>
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from samples of
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<emphasis box="[1385,1630,997,1036]" italics="true" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1902" box="[1385,1622,997,1036]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="harringtoni">D. harringtoni</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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and treated
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Yerbury and Thomas" authorityYear="1895" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[392,442,1040,1078]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rex">
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<emphasis box="[392,442,1040,1078]" italics="true" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">rex</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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as another distinctive species endemic to
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<collectingCountry box="[1175,1322,1040,1078]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
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. Our study of the
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<typeStatus box="[1639,1789,1040,1078]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">holotype</typeStatus>
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skin reveals it to be a large and probably old adult of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1906" box="[1241,1388,1082,1121]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[1241,1388,1082,1121]" italics="true" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Mylomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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that is not as brightly pigmented as most samples of that genus. Whether the
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<typeStatus box="[1350,1501,1123,1162]" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">holotype</typeStatus>
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actually came from
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<collectingCountry box="[392,539,1166,1204]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
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, or represents a separate species of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1906" box="[1164,1311,1166,1204]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[1164,1311,1166,1204]" italics="true" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">Mylomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are unknown; we provisionally list
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Yerbury and Thomas" authorityYear="1895" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[456,506,1208,1247]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rex">
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<emphasis box="[456,506,1208,1247]" italics="true" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">rex</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in the synonymy of M.
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<emphasis box="[918,1085,1208,1247]" italics="true" pageId="129" pageNumber="630">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Pousargues" baseAuthorityYear="1893" box="[918,1076,1208,1247]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="129" pageNumber="630" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dybowskii">dybowskii</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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