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<mods:namePart>Guy G. Musser</mods:namePart>
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Thomas, 1910
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TYPE SPECIES:
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<emphasis box="[527,857,2033,2070]" italics="true" pageId="89" pageNumber="590">Pelomys harringtoni</emphasis>
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COMMENTS: Listed as a genus by
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, but usually treated as a subgenus of
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<emphasis box="[1734,1866,2074,2113]" italics="true" pageId="89" pageNumber="590">Pelomys</emphasis>
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(
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;
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;
<bibRefCitation author="Yalden, D. W. &amp; M. J. Largen &amp; D. Kock" box="[1302,1622,2117,2156]" pageId="89" pageNumber="590" 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>
). Most of the diagnostic traits described by
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are outside the range of morphological variation seen among species of
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.
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Our study of specimens revealed that general external traits and cranial conformation of
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,
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the only species in the genus, resemble species of
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<emphasis box="[934,1081,2284,2323]" italics="true" pageId="89" pageNumber="590">Mylomys</emphasis>
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and
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,
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but that
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has its own derived dental patterns (ridge-like cusp t9 connecting central cusp t8 with labial cusp t6 on first and second molars, ridge-like cusp t7 on second upper molar). The phylogenetic relationships among species of
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,
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,
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and
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has to be assessed by revisionary study. See the account of
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for the status of
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,
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which is usually placed in
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<emphasis box="[863,1031,2493,2532]" italics="true" pageId="89" pageNumber="590">Desmomys</emphasis>
(
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