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<emphasis id="8587CCE6C4C392E5B4991189F3865736" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">[Dasymys] incomtus</emphasis>
(
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Ofv. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. 
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<emphasis id="4B69E7146A50324CBF9AB030B44A554C" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1316">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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, &quot;Caffraria prope Portum Natal,&quot; (= Durban, 
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(W. 
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.
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<emphasis id="458E25D1318030C9488CC21EEDE9640E" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">Dasymys bentleyae</emphasis>
(Thomas 1892)
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; 
<taxonomicName id="369ED188D0C8687796AE60960599D3C2" authority="Roberts 1936" authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1936" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1316" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="capensis">
<emphasis id="C256B7056DDFB036FD9771ABE96743DE" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">Dasymys capensis</emphasis>
Roberts 1936
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; 
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<emphasis id="8D9168C7B0049071AD36E8928D0FDC7C" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">Dasymys edsoni</emphasis>
Hatt 1934
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; 
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<emphasis id="FEF772F70DF2415FEF2FE8C5CAAAA7CE" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">Dasymys fuscus</emphasis>
De Winton 1897
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; 
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<emphasis id="AA71C3A371F2DDA9EC93091C983E1DE3" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">Dasymys griseifrons</emphasis>
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; 
<taxonomicName id="4525E5C089F1778CAF97DBF10222C60D" authority="Peters 1875" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1875" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1316" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gueinzii">
<emphasis id="92C35B9CB8DD0DF5CFF5C20F4C1C4953" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">Dasymys gueinzii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="A4D47E33C0899F7EEFAFEABEC0906F46" author="Peters, W. C. H." refId="ref282241" refString="Peters, W. C. H. 1875. Uber eine neue Art von Seebaren, Arctophoca gazella von den Kerguelen-Inseln. Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1875: 393 - 399." year="1875">Peters 1875</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="16260962DF458DF1E08B8A6FF46901C4" authority="Heller 1910" authorityName="Heller" authorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1316" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="helukus">
<emphasis id="89ED3F803DD057A0FBAC622A58916C72" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">Dasymys helukus</emphasis>
Heller 1910
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; 
<taxonomicName id="32DC9014FA5F4BF3D2FCDEBF9DAABDBF" authority="Eisentraut 1963" authorityName="Eisentraut" authorityYear="1963" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1316" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="longipilosus">
<emphasis id="B854023FF43EE41E8F173F2D98399451" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">Dasymys longipilosus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="99DF04029D1946DD7F7F92EA283DA21B" author="Eisentraut, M." refId="ref92220" refString="Eisentraut, M. 1963. Die Wirbeltiere des Kamerungebirges. Hamburg and Berlin, 353 pp." year="1963">Eisentraut 1963</bibRefCitation>
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; 
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<emphasis id="83B92E08716B0DE003E3B8E79C013698" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">Dasymys medius</emphasis>
Thomas 1906
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; 
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<emphasis id="4EE110B386463FD6EC59E2C3ABBE3735" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">Dasymys nigridius</emphasis>
Hollister 1916
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; 
<taxonomicName id="F03EE87852BA785FB120655FD0CD9066" authority="Heller 1911" authorityName="Heller" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1316" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="orthos">
<emphasis id="CB15B09D4AB1F4861BA9E9076A70F2D9" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">Dasymys orthos</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="73E57C2F174834C2045A5F3397532F7D" author="Heller, E." refId="ref146395" refString="Heller, E. 1911. New species of rodents and carnivores from equatorial Africa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 56: 1 - 16." year="1911">Heller 1911</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; 
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<emphasis id="D454EEF5BB1FE1ADC14286C64F2C2B51" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">Dasymys palustris</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="946CB3A502125E3D2B852ED912E14A9A" author="Setzer, H. W." refId="ref324018" refString="Setzer, H. W. 1956. Mammals of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 106 (3377): 447 - 587." year="1956">Setzer 1956</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="4330E9D9EFC07FF58302FF24C5C7FD87" authority="Heller 1911" authorityName="Heller" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1316" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="savannus">
<emphasis id="11581C83499E9D814029218C63A2F2AB" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">Dasymys savannus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="F604A70D878FF7E22AD1CACED71BF300" author="Heller, E." refId="ref146395" refString="Heller, E. 1911. New species of rodents and carnivores from equatorial Africa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 56: 1 - 16." year="1911">Heller 1911</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="E91462FD51C77A90470373595230DF3F" authority="Kershaw 1924" authorityName="Kershaw" authorityYear="1924" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1316" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shawi">
<emphasis id="D05885DA034A4A7ECB535FBCF94EF234" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">Dasymys shawi</emphasis>
Kershaw 1924
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.
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<emphasis id="6DC52FAD9FC0F1BD46430DBA801467D9" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1316">Distribution:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="AEF38D7EC8198B0EA7855DBD62D7F709" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="B0BF07F9ECFBD3B4C1F01086D7BD87FD" author="de Graaff, G." refId="ref77877" refString="de Graaff, G. 1997 g. Water rat, Dasymys incomtus. P. 141, in The complete book of southern African mammals (G. Mills and L. Hes, eds.). Struik Winchester, Capetown, 356 pp." year="1997">
de Graaff, 
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1997 
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="43EEBC865E4FFA93EC73522AFDCAE677" author="Skinner, J. D. &amp; 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>
; Taylor, 1998), 
<collectingCountry id="E4E96F169F408EEC3BF889E8829FAD1C" name="Malawi">Malawi</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="CBFF18BA28146A2232F514B0CD803F5D" author="Ansell, W. F. H. &amp; R. J. Dowsett" refId="ref11419" refString="Ansell, W. F. H., and R. J. Dowsett. 1988. Mammals of Malawi: An annotated check list and atlas. Trendrine Press, Zennor, St. Ives, United Kingdom, 170 pp." year="1988">Ansell and Dowsett, 1988</bibRefCitation>
), 
<collectingCountry id="9EAF240BFB7E222A619591EE7B2CD86B" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="0ABF0FACF5A272B735ACDE191B0411F9" author="Ansell, W. F. H." refId="ref11178" refString="Ansell, W. F. H. 1978. The mammals of Zambia. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Chilanga, 126 pp." year="1978">Ansell, 1978</bibRefCitation>
), 
<collectingCountry id="07D38BA06A587B93DC35B628C38681D7" name="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="5A020A22E8091A007C208A278FA1CA4D" author="Smithers, R. H. N. &amp; V. J. Wilson" refId="ref331985" refString="Smithers, R. H. N., and V. J. Wilson. 1979. Checklist and atlas of the mammals of Zimbabwe Rhodesia. Museum Memoir, National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, Salisbury, 9: 1 - 193." year="1979">Smithers and Wilson, 1979</bibRefCitation>
), C and S 
<collectingCountry id="CFEC683183E9344D118157C46BE48748" name="Mozambique">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D995C05203F7236448C1D43713AE12D8" author="Smithers, R. H. N. &amp; J. L. P. Lobao Tello" refId="ref331936" refString="Smithers, R. H. N., and J. L. P. Lobao Tello. 1976. Check list and atlas of the mammals of Mozambique. Museum Memoir, National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, Salisbury, 8: 1 - 184." year="1976">Smithers and Lobao Tello, 1976</bibRefCitation>
), 
<collectingCountry id="3FBFD0A37E5656D6795E7F1CFF042099" name="Angola">Angola</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="656AD23C85F10A283F929D5494946545" author="Crawford-Cabral, J." refId="ref70924" refString="Crawford-Cabral, J. 1998. The Angolan rodents of the superfamily Muroidea: An account of their distribution. Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, Estudos, Ensaios e Documentos, 161: 223 pp." year="1998">Crawford-Cabral, 1998</bibRefCitation>
), Dem. Rep. 
<collectingCountry id="4B35753C2F6B9FF960127F3B6BEFDD96" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingCountry id="1715FB2D6C6DBC35CC2386898858D515" name="Uganda">Uganda</collectingCountry>
(Delaney, 1975), 
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(
<bibRefCitation id="4E901A8F340BE030938679A6E9B141C9" author="Hollister, N." refId="ref157105" refString="Hollister, N. 1919. East African mammals in the United States National Museum. Part II. Rodentia, Lagomorpha, and Tubulidentata. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 99 (2): 1 - 184." year="1919">Hollister, 1919</bibRefCitation>
), 
<collectingCountry id="CC206DEC6CD6A0F41473A73625440106" name="Tanzania">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="1BD1B5801B5A81E83A7E6B41C64CCB60" author="Swynnerton, G. H. &amp; R. W. Hayman" refId="ref345567" refString="Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20 (6): 274 - 392." year="1951">Swynnerton and Hayman, 1951</bibRefCitation>
), 
<collectingCountry id="211180B3FDA5B6EB1B07C9A7EF615A51" name="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
, S 
<collectingCountry id="C7CC4F65AE3CE1E1EFD43D438D3E6532" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="9EFDB84209746505F41CA79E6D287030" author="Setzer, H. W." refId="ref324018" refString="Setzer, H. W. 1956. Mammals of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 106 (3377): 447 - 587." year="1956">Setzer, 1956</bibRefCitation>
); limits unknown. Also recorded from N 
<collectingCountry id="2CBA6ABEF6628BF6A56B958EFEA61B47" name="Botswana">Botswana</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="7C3FC103FCA5851A83DCE447287216BF" author="Smithers, R. H. N." refId="ref331875" refString="Smithers, R. H. N. 1971. The mammals of Botswana. Museum Memoir, National Museums of Rhodesia, Salisbury, 4: 1 - 340." year="1971">Smithers, 1971</bibRefCitation>
), but unclear whether these records represent 
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<emphasis id="2DF10AB39CA9DDD1C0358B6AC17A46CF" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">D. incomtus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="352970DA0205B717CE91536CA19E0A07" authorityName="W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, and E. Verheyen" authorityYear="2003" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cabrali">
<emphasis id="FCEC6CB9FCC46D98C6FD302F1FF5EDA0" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">D. cabrali</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, or both species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="9A6D76C13C3DAEB10F49E89F82E5D019" pageNumber="1316" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="150760126AA95F562CF2D65352458ADA" pageNumber="1316">
<emphasis id="D91F5AAC8EE587F273CBBD22762DC46C" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1316">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="40A0A0514075BCB88E0767ABD6597705">IUCN</collectionCode>
– Data Deficient.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E0949A77CA0B56A7FAA79E05A634A20A" pageNumber="1316" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="40754A71FE9A5867434993CC1956FB0B" pageNumber="1316">
<emphasis id="8F80673D9011AE1B9D18B5900AA51718" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1316">Discussion:</emphasis>
<paragraph id="688339BE7136719B64E67A570D466C81" pageNumber="1316">
Despite recent attempts at systematic revision (e. g., W. 
<bibRefCitation id="D907DA9CB7B496395B22EE865F0C01C2" author="Verheyen, W. N. &amp; J. L. J. Hulselmans &amp; T. Dierckx &amp; M. Colyn &amp; H. Leirs &amp; E. Verheyen" refId="ref370579" refString="Verheyen, W. N., J. L. J. Hulselmans, T. Dierckx, M. Colyn, H. Leirs, and E. Verheyen. 2003. A craniometric and genetic approach to the systematics of the genus Dasymys Peters, 1875, selection of a neotype and description of three new taxa (Rodentia, Muridae, Africa). Bulletin de L'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie, 73: 27 - 71." year="2003">Verheyen et al., 2003</bibRefCitation>
), morphological and geographic definition of 
<taxonomicName id="B6AC6212544146E131579603C45E4303" baseAuthorityName="Sundevall" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="incomtus">
<emphasis id="DBF817B561D57B659821784938766546" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">D. incomtus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
remains intractable and probably a complex of several species. W. 
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, for example, considered 
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<emphasis id="FC62236FEEB41F53CE346160CAA4AAB8" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">bentleyae</emphasis>
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to be one of the synonyms of 
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<emphasis id="D148FF0E80F743CC8EFDCE8C00D2D8C9" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">D. incomtus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in one part of their report (p. 36) but elsewhere treated it as a separate species with an expansive range &quot;... consisting mainly of the fringes of the lowland rain forest between the Atlantic coast and the western rift...,&quot; and &quot;... in the fringes of the western forest block and in the region adjacent to the highlands of the western flank of Lake 
<collectingCountry id="8A30E49B9A8A24BFBDC57E3E5041E334" name="Malawi">Malawi</collectingCountry>
&quot; (p. 48). 
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<emphasis id="E4D7CB008C4C6C262991C19B85D6C35D" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">Dasymys incomtus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, according to W. 
<bibRefCitation id="32AA81A7122431B78B5BE237D700F47B" author="Verheyen, W. N. &amp; J. L. J. Hulselmans &amp; T. Dierckx &amp; M. Colyn &amp; H. Leirs &amp; E. Verheyen" refId="ref370579" refString="Verheyen, W. N., J. L. J. Hulselmans, T. Dierckx, M. Colyn, H. Leirs, and E. Verheyen. 2003. A craniometric and genetic approach to the systematics of the genus Dasymys Peters, 1875, selection of a neotype and description of three new taxa (Rodentia, Muridae, Africa). Bulletin de L'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie, 73: 27 - 71." year="2003">Verheyen et al. (2003:48)</bibRefCitation>
, has the widest range, covering &quot;... the moist woodlands of western, northcentral and northeastern Africa,... the moist woodlands of the north western and eastern part of southern Africa and... approximately the western half of the inland of 
<collectingCountry id="BBEB6B821021941A75755A5E0ED9F3A1" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
and 
<collectingCountry id="05D62D3632261A3A1B1F35E656429527" name="Tanzania">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
....&quot; Chromosomal variation from South African specimens reported by 
<bibRefCitation id="E762B815583325911773137FF57874C5" author="Gordon, D. H." refId="ref126045" refString="Gordon, D. H. 1991. Chromosomal variation in the water rat Dasymys incomtus (Rodentia: Muridae). Journal of Mammalogy, 72: 411 - 414." year="1991">Gordon (1991:413)</bibRefCitation>
who noted it &quot;is equivocal whether the different chromosomal forms represent distinct species characterized by fixed rearrangements or a chromosomally polymorphic species.&quot; Allozymic and cranial differences are also concordant with the chromosomal distinctions (2n = 38, FN = 44 from KwaZulu-Natal; 2n = 46, FN = 44 from Northern Province) between the populations (
<bibRefCitation id="3EEEA6B595C65E3A5FE54476FD4B13EC" author="Mullin, S. K. &amp; N. Pillay &amp; P. J. Taylor &amp; G. Campbell" refId="ref249849" refString="Mullin, S. K., N. Pillay, P. J. Taylor, and G. Campbell. 2002. Genetic and morphometric variation in populations of South African Dasymys incomtus incomtus (Rodentia, Murinae). Mammalia, 66 (3): 381 - 404." year="2002">Mullin et al., 2002</bibRefCitation>
). Non-geographic morphometric variation in samples from Southern Africa subregion reported by 
<bibRefCitation id="33DFB753FBA55B3091B147D202665281" author="Mullin, S. K. &amp; N. Pillay &amp; P. J. Taylor" refId="ref249801" refString="Mullin, S. K., N. Pillay, and P. J. Taylor. 2001. Non-geographic morphometric variation in the water rat Dasymys incomtus (Rodentia: Muridae) in southern Africa. Durban Museum Novitates, 26: 38 - 44." year="2001">Mullin et al. (2001)</bibRefCitation>
. Spermatozoon morphology documented by 
<bibRefCitation id="225F3ECFCDFFC5A441ED02A469EBD4D7" 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">
Breed (1995 
<emphasis id="50835298B585EC32A2C1C56C0B20A941" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">a</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
and 
<bibRefCitation id="6D2F443DE7077CD82016AC1FE64CD226" author="Breed, W. G. &amp; N. Pillay" refId="ref41572" refString="Breed, W. G., and N. Pillay. 1999. Morphology of the spermatozoon of a murid rodent from Africa, Dasymys incomtus. Acta Zoologica (Stockholm), 80: 201 - 208." year="1999">Breed and Pillay (1999)</bibRefCitation>
. A morphometric analysis by 
<bibRefCitation id="1FD5EA0F952F2760B6E83B9EB9D39622" author="Crawford-Cabral, J. &amp; A. P. Pacheco" refId="ref71027" refString="Crawford-Cabral, J., and A. P. Pacheco. 1989. A craniometrical study on some water rats of the genus Dasymys (Mammalia, Rodentia, Muridae). Garcia de Orta, Serie de Zoologica, 15: 11 - 24." year="1989">Crawford-Cabral and Pacheco (1989)</bibRefCitation>
suggested that Angolan 
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<emphasis id="A539FCF29D7880310F093B3D5325C99B" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">bentleyae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a separate species, but later 
<bibRefCitation id="C5BEE9A5EE3088B3DEB0D20788DF9220" author="Crawford-Cabral, J." refId="ref70924" refString="Crawford-Cabral, J. 1998. The Angolan rodents of the superfamily Muroidea: An account of their distribution. Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, Estudos, Ensaios e Documentos, 161: 223 pp." year="1998">Crawford-Cabral (1998)</bibRefCitation>
listed it as a subspecies of 
<taxonomicName id="5112128C489391C1947AC1CABDA7A9B7" baseAuthorityName="Sundevall" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="incomtus">
<emphasis id="4BEDF387D659F1A8AFE5B316339AD1F5" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">D. incomtus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and noted the wide gap in geographic range between the Angolan populations and those of typical 
<taxonomicName id="E6EC0F2932E5B771267F315B6CEAC3B1" baseAuthorityName="Sundevall" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="incomtus">
<emphasis id="03A0F3246BDB46D178BB249FDC08842D" italics="true" pageNumber="1316">D. incomtus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F228672450CD379B33C87CEDFB87C4F5" pageNumber="1316">
Recorded from fynbos, grassland, and savanna woodlands biomes in Southern African Subregion (
<bibRefCitation id="167074F4F2358FDB3050C2D62B4D441F" author="Mugo, D. N. &amp; A. T. Lombard &amp; G. N. Bronner &amp; C. M. Gelderblom &amp; G. A. Benn" refId="ref249516" refString="Mugo, D. N., A. T. Lombard, G. N. Bronner, C. M. Gelderblom, and G. A. Benn. 1995. Distribution and protection of endemic or threatened rodents, lagomorphs, and macrosceledids in South Africa. South African Journal of Zoology, 30: 115 - 126." year="1995">Mugo et al., 1995</bibRefCitation>
); those populations reviewed by 
<bibRefCitation id="4711DD3224D83123BC54604B9AD9EB58" author="Skinner, J. D. &amp; 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="C9E790A393CAA21685E7D59B527A9B25" author="de Graaff, G." refId="ref77877" refString="de Graaff, G. 1997 g. Water rat, Dasymys incomtus. P. 141, in The complete book of southern African mammals (G. Mills and L. Hes, eds.). Struik Winchester, Capetown, 356 pp." year="1997">
de Graaff (
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1997 
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)
</bibRefCitation>
. Documented from the isolated Harenna Forest of S 
<collectingCountry id="EF18C1148A7CC6B2535A6B2E64920E95" name="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
by Lavrenchenko (2000) who claimed it was a new record for the entire region of the Ethiopian Rift Valley, but 
<bibRefCitation id="0E1267232AD1A044C37EF79936FD8682" author="Yalden, D. W. &amp; M. J. Largen &amp; D. Kock &amp; J. C. Hillman" refId="ref397425" refString="Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, D. Kock and J. C. Hillman. 1996. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia and Eritrea. 7. Revised checklist, zoogeography and conservation. Tropical Zoology, 9: 73 - 164." year="1996">Yalden et al. (1996)</bibRefCitation>
had already recorded collections from the Didessa River valley and the Jimma region in S 
<collectingCountry id="A2CE0610DE866D733D817CA3684A5818" name="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
. Habitat and altitudinal distribution on Ugandan slopes of Mt Elgon reported by 
<bibRefCitation id="D611F3BE7E8770C62F4099E948581357" author="Clausnitzer, V. &amp; R. Kityo" refId="ref62753" refString="Clausnitzer, V., and R. Kityo. 2001. Altitudinal distribution of rodents (Muridae and Gliridae) on Mt. Elgon, Uganda. Tropical Zoology, 14: 95 - 118." year="2001">Clausnitzer and Kityo (2001)</bibRefCitation>
, and in SW 
<collectingCountry id="5FFAB3831FFF25FACA176AAD967AEB2B" name="Uganda">Uganda</collectingCountry>
by 
<bibRefCitation id="2EB9F08D247D208333392B8A6BC658BA" author="Lunde, D. P. &amp; E. E. Sarmiento" refId="ref217575" refString="Lunde, D. P., and E. E. Sarmiento. 2002. Rodents collected from Kalinzu Forest, Uganda. Mammalian Biology, 67: 250 - 255." year="2002">Lunde and Sarmiento (2002)</bibRefCitation>
</paragraph>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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