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<mods:namePart>Guy G. Musser</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Michael D. Carleton</mods:namePart>
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Heuglin, 1877
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TYPE LOCALITY:
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DISTRIBUTION: Disjunct occurrence at high elevations in E Africa, from Ethiopian highlands south through
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and W
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, to the Nyika Plateau of N
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and adjacent
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and to the Uzungwe Mnts of C
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.
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SYNONYMS:
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,
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, giloensis,
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,
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, malkensis, malleus,
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,
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,
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, squalus,
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,
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.
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COMMENTS:
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and
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viewed
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<emphasis box="[1214,1300,677,716]" italics="true" pageId="181" pageNumber="682">typus</emphasis>
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as another variant of a highly polymorphic
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O.
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<emphasis box="[807,813,719,757]" italics="true" pageId="181" pageNumber="682">,</emphasis>
a conclusion which seems at odds with their morphological discrimination as presented elsewhere (e.g.,
<bibRefCitation author="Ansell, W. F. H." box="[1147,1359,761,799]" pageId="181" pageNumber="682" 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>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Bohmann, L., von" box="[1381,1647,761,799]" pageId="181" pageNumber="682" refId="ref35047" refString="Bohmann, L., von. 1952. Die afrikanische Nagergattung Otomys F. Cuvier. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 18: 1 - 80." year="1952">Bohmann, 1952</bibRefCitation>
; Kingdon, 1974;
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). The list of synonyms observes the classifications of
<bibRefCitation author="Bohmann, L., von" pageId="181" pageNumber="682" refId="ref35047" refString="Bohmann, L., von. 1952. Die afrikanische Nagergattung Otomys F. Cuvier. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 18: 1 - 80." year="1952">Bohmann (1952)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation author="Misonne, X." box="[571,834,845,883]" pageId="181" pageNumber="682" refId="ref243324" refString="Misonne, X. 1974. Order Rodentia. Part 6. Pp. 1 - 39, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.). [issued 10 Sep 1974]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated." year="1974">Misonne (1974)</bibRefCitation>
. Their conspecific stature is highly suspect and invites rigorous specimen-based corroboration that also addresses possible relationships to certain forms masquerading under
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.
</emphasis>
The occurrence of greater species endemism thoughout the isolated East African highlands and volcanoes deserves more serious consideration than it has received to date.
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