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<treatment id="76913B3BA910EC68DA5E4FA2976037D9" ID-GBIF-Taxon="231536716" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:76913B3BA910EC68DA5E4FA2976037D9" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/76913B3BA910EC68DA5E4FA2976037D9" lastPageNumber="905" pageNumber="905" sourceUrl="http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000002">
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<taxonomicName id="E1C9AAA28EDB465F9BD83FE089930AE4" ID-CoL="625QP" authority="Alston 1876" authorityName="Alston" authorityYear="1876" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="905" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Platacanthomyidae Alston 1876</taxonomicName>
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<treatmentCitation id="97D696C27EB38B97456567A7DBCA2245" author="Alston" authority="Alston 1876" authorityName="Alston" authorityYear="1876" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" journal="Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond." kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="81" pageNumber="905" phylum="Chordata" rank="family" title="Platacanthomyidae" volume="1876" year="1876">
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<taxonomicName id="E12E4529FB3661FE296A0DEA62DF8C47" ID-CoL="625QP" authority="Alston 1876" authorityName="Alston" authorityYear="1876" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="905" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">
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Platacanthomyidae
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<bibRefCitation id="BA049B5D7A2CE08ADEB970AEBF4B22F2" author="Alston, E. R." refId="ref6239" refString="Alston, E. R. 1876. On the classification of the order Glires. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1876: 61 - 98." year="1876">Alston 1876</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibCitation id="BF09541A7DDDE206BC2C52DFF5F37CC8" author="Alston" journal="Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond." pageNumber="905" pagination="81" title="Platacanthomyidae" volume="1876" year="1876">Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1876: 81</bibCitation>
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.
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<emphasis id="3D76946C22F388C39123BC001E47C4C7" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="905">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="432A264D54BCA7F0E4053D696B198CE9" authority="Alston 1876" authorityName="Alston" authorityYear="1876" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyinae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="905" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">
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Platacanthomyinae
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<bibRefCitation id="17B81D3DA493C32C72BB5C277F8A3282" author="Alston, E. R." refId="ref6239" refString="Alston, E. R. 1876. On the classification of the order Glires. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1876: 61 - 98." year="1876">Alston 1876</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="320C93766FEC4F0267B73EA0D1C252FE" authority="Ognev 1947" authorityName="Ognev" authorityYear="1947" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyini" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="905" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">
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Platacanthomyini
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<bibRefCitation id="9AC1D18D8BC2E2BC88A750A7143F5F01" author="Ognev, S. I." refId="ref264461" refString="Ognev, S. I. 1947. Zveri SSSR i prilezhashchikh stran: Gryzuny (prodolzhenie). (Zveri vostochnoi Evropy i severnoi Azii) [Mammals of the USSR and adjacent countries: Rodents (continued). (Mammals of eastern Europe and northern Asia)]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, 5: 1 - 809 (in Russian)." year="1947">Ognev 1947</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="89B98EE3BB0244D1C84473786D65659D" authority="Ognev 1947" authorityName="Ognev" authorityYear="1947" class="Mammalia" family="Typhlomyinae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="905" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">
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Typhlomyinae
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<bibRefCitation id="974419D3B580D126DEBD8FBE4A10B383" author="Ognev, S. I." refId="ref264461" refString="Ognev, S. I. 1947. Zveri SSSR i prilezhashchikh stran: Gryzuny (prodolzhenie). (Zveri vostochnoi Evropy i severnoi Azii) [Mammals of the USSR and adjacent countries: Rodents (continued). (Mammals of eastern Europe and northern Asia)]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, 5: 1 - 809 (in Russian)." year="1947">Ognev 1947</bibRefCitation>
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<subSubSection id="1E531F9775273311AFF4DD99E87D66A4" pageNumber="905" type="child_taxa">
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<emphasis id="32E611AD193C8EFD66D2EFDFB4AEC980" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="905">Genera:</emphasis>
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2 genera with 2 species:
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Genus
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<taxonomicName id="82C0CD39DFB674ADB2455122774258F7" authority="Blyth 1859" authorityName="Blyth" authorityYear="1859" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" genus="Platacanthomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="905" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="285F33A6B720738DB932BC2367F2176A" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Platacanthomys</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="33973A691096626255F5301A35B47B6F" author="Blyth, E." refId="ref34026" refString="Blyth, E. 1859. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society: Report of the Curator, Zoological Department, for February to May Meetings, 1859. Asiatic Society of Bengal, 3: 271 - 298." year="1859">Blyth 1859</bibRefCitation>
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(1 species)
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Genus
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<emphasis id="0A837BB5AF0B19804225F1BF1360D5A6" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Typhlomys</emphasis>
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Milne-Edwards 1877
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(1 species)
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<subSubSection id="3819100F8D5FCB9E80CA8E75CB232B08" pageNumber="905" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="AC533A92806AF2B915018ACB28E2AD34" pageNumber="905">
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<emphasis id="9B273C85AAECF2B9D0FA22C574E566F6" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="905">Discussion:</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="D630FDEFD702F6AEA2B6B801D9AC9268" pageNumber="905">
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Detailed diagnosis, general characteristics, and natural history provided by
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<bibRefCitation id="EBE8CA3F283DF2F33BF67E28E11406E0" author="Carleton, M. D. & G. G. Musser" refId="ref52182" refString="Carleton, M. D., and G. G. Musser. 1984. Muroid rodents. Pp. 289 - 379, in Orders and families of Recent mammals of the world (S. Anderson and J. K. Jones, Jr., eds.). John Wiley and Sons, New York, 686 pp." year="1984">Carleton and Musser (1984)</bibRefCitation>
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. Since
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<bibRefCitation id="D37ED102B60D4F73F3AD2382AF342EF9" author="Blyth, E." refId="ref34026" refString="Blyth, E. 1859. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society: Report of the Curator, Zoological Department, for February to May Meetings, 1859. Asiatic Society of Bengal, 3: 271 - 298." year="1859">Blyth (1859)</bibRefCitation>
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described
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<taxonomicName id="F30F1AE5D383E868F5B737DF7C09B8BC" authorityName="Blyth" authorityYear="1859" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" genus="Platacanthomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="218A2D579E7A92E865B9B06ED611FCBA" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Platacanthomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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as a genus of
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,
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<taxonomicName id="E9668B6E98A809534A392961EBF71478" authorityName="Blyth" authorityYear="1859" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" genus="Platacanthomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="9AFD59E2028D6E6486A28CE901DE3219" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Platacanthomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="904A6127A91ABAD8736B60047DF70A51" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" genus="Typhlomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="6BC1AEABC0A08D80A423233C6A9A7165" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Typhlomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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have been regarded: as a subfamily of dormice (
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<bibRefCitation id="89FA28B54C0CB6EF37DDFC63C3BA584C" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref92817" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1940. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. 1. Rodents other than Muridae. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 689 pp." year="1940">Ellerman, 1940</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="AF1E146B88D51F81CC10CFF1ECCEB0B1" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref93118" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1961. Rodentia. Volume 3, in The fauna of India including Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon. Mammalia. Second ed. Manager of Publications, Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, vol. 3 (in 2 parts), 1: 1 - 482; 2: 483 - 884." year="1961">1961</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="4D08543993BC58CA3E85B29BA572735A" author="Ognev, S. I." refId="ref264461" refString="Ognev, S. I. 1947. Zveri SSSR i prilezhashchikh stran: Gryzuny (prodolzhenie). (Zveri vostochnoi Evropy i severnoi Azii) [Mammals of the USSR and adjacent countries: Rodents (continued). (Mammals of eastern Europe and northern Asia)]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, 5: 1 - 809 (in Russian)." year="1947">Ognev, 1947</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="E9F0A6C28C44ADB0E1822353BEC8C6AC" author="Thomas, O." refId="ref352089" refString="Thomas, O. 1896 [1897]. On the genera of rodents: An attempt to bring up to date the current arrangement of the order. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1896: 1012 - 1028." year="1896">Thomas, 1896</bibRefCitation>
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); a family related to
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<taxonomicName id="9E3C6D684BA058443F988A13E6BBD835" authority="(Simpson, 1945)" baseAuthorityName="Simpson" baseAuthorityYear="1945" class="Mammalia" family="Gliridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">
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Gliridae (
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<bibRefCitation id="4713182AC35E9CAD09798FB7EFD489CD" author="Simpson, G. G." refId="ref328876" refString="Simpson, G. G. 1945. The principles of classification and a classification of mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 85: 1 - 350." year="1945">Simpson, 1945</bibRefCitation>
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)
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; a family allied with
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<taxonomicName id="D1A5E4F9E3FC0FF154C31501711CCAE9" authorityName="Fischer" authorityYear="1817" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Cricetidae</taxonomicName>
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(G. M. Allen, 1940;
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<bibRefCitation id="F53B546D9FE7EF12C5659A2BE07F2AEB" author="Miller, G. S., Jr. & J. W. Gidley" refId="ref242298" refString="Miller, G. S., Jr., and J. W. Gidley. 1918. Synopsis of the supergeneric groups of rodents. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 8: 431 - 448." year="1918">Miller and Gidley, 1918</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="1136B60325FF2B19F6D83F7B3F9807D2" author="Pavlinov, I. Ya & E. L. Yakhontov & A. K. Agadzhanyan" refId="ref278176" refString="Pavlinov, I. Ya, E. L. Yakhontov, and A. K. Agadzhanyan. 1995 a. [Mammals of Eurasia. I. Rodentia. Taxonomic and geographic guide.] Archives of the Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, 32: 289 pp. (in Russian)." year="1995">
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Pavlinov et al., 1995
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<emphasis id="F576298703F75D3B95030E5F048B0079" italics="true" pageNumber="905">a</emphasis>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="B2C43D03AB1B22162B6B60B4E9E2B3B2" author="Qiu, Z. - D." refId="ref294207" refString="Qiu, Z. - D. 1989. [Fossil Platacanthomyids from the hominoid locality of Lufeng, Yunnan.] Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 27 (4): 268 - 283 (in Chinese with English abstract)." year="1989">Qiu, 1989</bibRefCitation>
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); a subfamily or tribe within
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<taxonomicName id="BD7166EFC97719BA4758D5C981123CD0" authorityName="Fischer" authorityYear="1817" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Cricetidae</taxonomicName>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="98E03626DAFC89325D7C4559266A3E23" author="Chaline, J. & P. Mein & F. Petter" refId="ref57068" refString="Chaline, J., P. Mein, and F. Petter. 1977. Les grandes lignes d'une classification evolutive des Muroidea. Mammalia, 41: 245 - 252." year="1977">Chaline et al., 1977</bibRefCitation>
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; Engesser, 1972;
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<bibRefCitation id="66661C58D3E12077CE70613282A340CD" author="Fahlbusch, V." refId="ref97734" refString="Fahlbusch, V. 1966. Cricetidae (Rodentia, Mamm.) aus der millelmiozanen Spaltenfullung Erkertshofen bei Eichstatt. Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung fur Palaontologie und Historische Geologie, 6: 109 - 131." year="1966">Fahlbusch, 1966</bibRefCitation>
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; Mein and Fredudenthal, 1971; Reig, 1980;
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<bibRefCitation id="526E2AC2CAA7E91B80F20838E7150A4B" author="Schaub, S. & H. Zapfe" refId="ref319046" refString="Schaub, S., and H. Zapfe. 1953. Die fauna der miozanen Spaltenfullung von Neudorf an der Marcch (ESR), Simplicidentata. Sitzungsberichte Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I, 162: 181 - 215." year="1953">Schaub and Zapfe, 1953</bibRefCitation>
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); allied to "the Murine family of Rodents" (
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<bibRefCitation id="87F42876599D514975D0C2781395B61C" author="Peters, W." refId="ref282159" refString="Peters, W. 1865. Note on the systematic position of Platacanthomys lasiurus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1865: 397 - 399." year="1865">Peters, 1865</bibRefCitation>
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); or as a subfamily of a broadly defined
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<taxonomicName id="447C17AA759D9DC5090D53518445F7BA" authorityName="Illiger" authorityYear="1811" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Muridae</taxonomicName>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="908E3227575708E7B279A0ECD05162C5" author="Alston, E. R." refId="ref6239" refString="Alston, E. R. 1876. On the classification of the order Glires. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1876: 61 - 98." year="1876">Alston, 1876</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="0E5DA993D4B2680B44444B98C72D007D" author="Carleton, M. D. & G. G. Musser" refId="ref52182" refString="Carleton, M. D., and G. G. Musser. 1984. Muroid rodents. Pp. 289 - 379, in Orders and families of Recent mammals of the world (S. Anderson and J. K. Jones, Jr., eds.). John Wiley and Sons, New York, 686 pp." year="1984">Carleton and Musser, 1984</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="0D17B0F1DC075DD8B94761D3EA276207" author="Musser, G. G. & M. D. Carleton" refId="ref252333" refString="Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501 - 755, in: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., xviii + 1206 pp." year="1993">Musser and Carleton, 1993</bibRefCitation>
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). Separation from dormice and alliance with Muroidea have been supported by paleontologists, our own examinations, and those of others (
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<bibRefCitation id="5285E172C84383C6521542BAD250BAC9" author="Fejfar, O." refId="ref99357" refString="Fejfar, O. 1999 b. Subfamily Platacanthomyinae. Pp. 389 - 394, in The Miocene land mammals of Europe (G. E. Rossner and K. Heissig, eds.). Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, Munchen, 515 pp." year="1999">
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Fejfar, 1999
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<emphasis id="6B15829E6E778B70BF3136F16A2CFB27" italics="true" pageNumber="905">b</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="BCC993BE516B51AB0DF895B3FD4C829B" author="Stehlin, H. G. & S. Schaub" refId="ref339606" refString="Stehlin, H. G., and S. Schaub. 1951. Die Trigonodontie der simplicidentaten Nager. Verlag Birkhauser AG., Basel, 385 pp." year="1951">Stehlin and Schaub, 1951</bibRefCitation>
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; Vorontsov, 1979). Morphological differences between
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<taxonomicName id="DB5865BA606CC8450B7835A48C00F539" authorityName="Blyth" authorityYear="1859" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" genus="Platacanthomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="4EFF7D7FD4DA0DD077F6CD476AA6204C" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Platacanthomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="BC4A8FE81B826C191A224EDF5DE435F7" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" genus="Typhlomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="9F64079C74F5768C39E32D80B6007182" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Typhlomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are pronounced, to an extent that
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<bibRefCitation id="1C823410AE307D2EBA214368365B8A96" author="Ognev, S. I." refId="ref264461" refString="Ognev, S. I. 1947. Zveri SSSR i prilezhashchikh stran: Gryzuny (prodolzhenie). (Zveri vostochnoi Evropy i severnoi Azii) [Mammals of the USSR and adjacent countries: Rodents (continued). (Mammals of eastern Europe and northern Asia)]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, 5: 1 - 809 (in Russian)." year="1947">Ognev (1947)</bibRefCitation>
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arranged each in its own glirid subfamily, a treatment that Vorontsov (1979) thought extreme and unnecessary.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="92B15B5BDEF2DAF2D905ED884C0EB363" pageNumber="905">
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While molar similarities between platacanthomyids and dormice are superficial, those between platacanthomyids and the Madagascan nesomyine
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<taxonomicName id="68C4BFCD69B1F8F67A17E20DE504AF85" authorityName="Forsyth Major" authorityYear="1896" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Gymnuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="A5B55A1F44A81D6D826CC3F73160FD5B" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Gymnuromys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are actually closer (
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<bibRefCitation id="483C0EDAD5E73CB2D686F460095D01C0" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref92817" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1940. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. 1. Rodents other than Muridae. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 689 pp." year="1940">Ellerman, 1940</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="B77DFFC14D5AE70EB13AC8FEF5A22A3F" author="Wood, A. E." refId="ref393289" refString="Wood, A. E. 1955. A revised classification of the rodents. Journal of Mammalogy, 36: 165 - 187." year="1955">Wood, 1955</bibRefCitation>
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).
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<bibRefCitation id="F68F38A026E5A7B7111C9225062886E2" author="Stehlin, H. G. & S. Schaub" refId="ref339606" refString="Stehlin, H. G., and S. Schaub. 1951. Die Trigonodontie der simplicidentaten Nager. Verlag Birkhauser AG., Basel, 385 pp." year="1951">Stehlin and Schaub (1951)</bibRefCitation>
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also demonstrated that occlusal patterns in
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<taxonomicName id="63E708F77ABE096459B8818FEFF3031A" authorityName="Blyth" authorityYear="1859" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" genus="Platacanthomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="65B172FB646461AC40310E2D53B9917A" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Platacanthomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are not homologous to those of dormice and can be derived from a "cricetid plan." In naming the Miocene
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<taxonomicName id="340421344771406CB2BE45134BCBFB74" authority=", Schaub and Zapfe (1953)" authorityName=", Schaub and Zapfe" authorityYear="1953" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neocometes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="D08DB6F1CED7CEE2EF607B2375C225D9" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Neocometes</emphasis>
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="8952CD7C119D576ED953DBE882FB569E" author="Schaub, S. & H. Zapfe" refId="ref319046" refString="Schaub, S., and H. Zapfe. 1953. Die fauna der miozanen Spaltenfullung von Neudorf an der Marcch (ESR), Simplicidentata. Sitzungsberichte Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I, 162: 181 - 215." year="1953">Schaub and Zapfe (1953)</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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arranged it, along with
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<taxonomicName id="CC18A8766E4E0EA37B2C4763632FB94C" authorityName="Blyth" authorityYear="1859" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" genus="Platacanthomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="5DCA2EEAD9F88961118AC7C4700DA25F" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Platacanthomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="F5F6AC3119EDA557EFA853E470DCB1B4" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" genus="Typhlomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="C30C22D92D0CF9FEA7E688DF1396171A" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Typhlomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, as a tribe within Cricetinae. Platacanthomyids have three cheekteeth (all molars) in each quadrant of the jaw (four in dormice, premolar and three molars), small muroid-type ectotympanic bullae without septa (bullae globular with conspicuous transbullar septa in dormice), and the dentary is neither inflected lingually nor perforated (traits characteristic of dormice).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4F44C4A0742C0F04523BB5E78058586E" pageNumber="905">
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Extinct Pleistocene and Miocene species of
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<taxonomicName id="570002A3EE5FA747A2A0420CEB82AF1C" authorityName="Blyth" authorityYear="1859" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" genus="Platacanthomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="47CB9CBC73F51FAD3FF50722D0A93FBE" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Platacanthomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="6B92794EF77ADE90E2E194392B57AA6B" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" genus="Typhlomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="0B0A29C3683180561E2D41019068086B" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Typhlomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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have now been described from
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<collectingCountry id="0CA44C38890810F535EDC2A8F3300CB0" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="8BB2A5936547CEA10B53032B65B78CD6" author="Fejfar, O." refId="ref99357" refString="Fejfar, O. 1999 b. Subfamily Platacanthomyinae. Pp. 389 - 394, in The Miocene land mammals of Europe (G. E. Rossner and K. Heissig, eds.). Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, Munchen, 515 pp." year="1999">
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Fejfar, 1999
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<emphasis id="DC7B5F3952B6A2E9118835B69538A240" italics="true" pageNumber="905">b</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="DE8F8CEB335BB404D1471E32B976B68A" author="Ni, X. & Z. Qiu" refId="ref259168" refString="Ni, X., and Z. Qiu. 2002. The micromammalian fauna from the Leilao, Yuanmou hominoid locality: Implications for biochronology and paleoecology. Journal of Human Evolution, 42 (5): 535 - 546." year="2002">Ni and Qiu, 2002</bibRefCitation>
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; see generic accounts), and a "platacanthomyid" has been identified from early middle Miocene (17 million year ago) strata in the Siwaliks of N
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<collectingCountry id="27CDC20E68949A55A483494AFA9C4C7D" name="Pakistan">Pakistan</collectingCountry>
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(Flynn, 2003). Apparently, platacanthomyids originated in Asia and reached Europe in the Miocene, as far as
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<collectingCountry id="EC216B9F21E8327B4BD2A91BC397DF2C" name="Spain">Spain</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="F8226510875EDF05C729B76914AA65BE" author="de Bruijn, H. & J. G. Moltzer" refId="ref76542" refString="de Bruijn, H., and J. G. Moltzer. 1974. The rodents from Rubielos de Mora; The first evidence of the existence of different biotopes in the Early Miocene of eastern Spain. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Amsterdam, Proceedings, ser. B, 77: 129 - 145." year="1974">de Bruijn and Moltzer, 1974</bibRefCitation>
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).
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<taxonomicName id="6DCE1FCDE4ADA0CCB6D2A69C90A15248" authorityName="Blyth" authorityYear="1859" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" genus="Platacanthomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="260D1358A1C7D443F71E9D4673501BA3" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Platacanthomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="BFFC20D5292E5A083A2FA258FAC693FC" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" genus="Typhlomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="AB51F6B25F9C447A9BE5E3AEF89F7729" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Typhlomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, although characterized by many specialized features, are relicts of a clade recognizable as platacanthomyid by the early Miocene. Because extinct forms are contemporaneous with early to late Miocene cricetids and their dentitions are so strikingly unlike the cricetid genera, platacanthomyids likely originated from some Eocene or Oligocene, probably Asian, muroid stock (
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<bibRefCitation id="B0E4BAE376C63EC7C8796EBF80B33438" author="Carleton, M. D. & G. G. Musser" refId="ref52182" refString="Carleton, M. D., and G. G. Musser. 1984. Muroid rodents. Pp. 289 - 379, in Orders and families of Recent mammals of the world (S. Anderson and J. K. Jones, Jr., eds.). John Wiley and Sons, New York, 686 pp." year="1984">Carleton and Musser, 1984</bibRefCitation>
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). The platacanthomyid molar patterns and their relative sizes (upper and lower second and third molars large relative to first) could have evolved from a morphology resembling that in
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<taxonomicName id="53F96FC492CFB508DED719A1165A2468" authorityName="Thaler" authorityYear="1966" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Eucricetodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="A2EB63E8EF050D525647B3DACE475968" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Eucricetodon</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, which flourished from early Eocene to early Miocene in Asia and early Oligocene to early Miocene in Europe (
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<bibRefCitation id="48D4BADE9B2007DE73F73A587638D6E7" author="McKenna, M. C. & S. K. Bell" refId="ref233772" refString="McKenna, M. C., and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of mammals above the species level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp." year="1997">McKenna and Bell, 1997</bibRefCitation>
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). Species of
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<taxonomicName id="9AD5AD9015D07C957ADEF04484C0E64D" authorityName="Thaler" authorityYear="1966" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Eucricetodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="EB2D30CA332C575071DD55839EB0FD17" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Eucricetodon</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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were replaced by Miocene cricetids unrelated to
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<taxonomicName id="17D692E536594ECF6256930FEE119C95" authorityName="Thaler" authorityYear="1966" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Eucricetodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="96DEAD9AE2FB9325297DEB31E4B5C4E3" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Eucricetodon</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and its allies (
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<bibRefCitation id="DAF60C73B873875854704F8F13ED6306" author="Hugueney, M." refId="ref161072" refString="Hugueney, M. 1999. Genera Eucricetodon and Pseudocricetodon. Pp. 347 - 358, in The Miocene land mammals of Europe (G. E. Rossner and K. Heissig, eds.). Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, Munchen, 515 pp." year="1999">Hugueney, 1999</bibRefCitation>
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) or to platacanthomyids.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="DF8A2A59B2A2FA7080113CF4D6AE9390" pageNumber="905">
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Closest relatives of
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<taxonomicName id="0A8A40A52A71A0BE677C87E1A456D069" authorityName="Blyth" authorityYear="1859" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" genus="Platacanthomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="22E9AD3FF041300E24E003A1B65BCC32" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Platacanthomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="C3B9133689A95D9C80450F7F9D4F343F" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" genus="Typhlomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="F12F00D52AC8E570B444978D2CEB7DB3" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Typhlomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are
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<taxonomicName id="95BFA59015A6278AB92B22941F8C33F4" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neocometes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brunonis">
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<emphasis id="5A53E3537C65DFB812027D2840A7C5E2" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Neocometes brunonis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="1F95F3A13530DA77A6C3B8CAADB0269B" authorityName="Fahlbusch" authorityYear="1966" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neocometes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="similis">
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<emphasis id="98A8EC2C1C3E948D4EA488EAE007E9BB" italics="true" pageNumber="905">N. similis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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from early to late Miocene of Europe (
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<bibRefCitation id="24232B5DD2BE261568B6C02AE613034E" author="de Bruijn, H. & J. G. Moltzer" refId="ref76542" refString="de Bruijn, H., and J. G. Moltzer. 1974. The rodents from Rubielos de Mora; The first evidence of the existence of different biotopes in the Early Miocene of eastern Spain. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Amsterdam, Proceedings, ser. B, 77: 129 - 145." year="1974">de Bruijn and Moltzer, 1974</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="5F2A53BE1A20C3F87D29B5BAE47D0CFC" author="Fahlbusch, V." refId="ref97734" refString="Fahlbusch, V. 1966. Cricetidae (Rodentia, Mamm.) aus der millelmiozanen Spaltenfullung Erkertshofen bei Eichstatt. Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung fur Palaontologie und Historische Geologie, 6: 109 - 131." year="1966">Fahlbusch, 1966</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="F335DF464A5FA55CFB2769A980A22B6E" author="Mein, P. & M. Freudenthal" refId="ref236395" refString="Mein, P., and M. Freudenthal. 1971. Une nouvelle classification des Cricetidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) du Tertiaire de l'Europe. Scripta Geologica, 2: 1 - 37." year="1971">Mein and Freudenthal, 1971</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="417A9BD06367F3C448B1C70B72191613" author="Schaub, S. & H. Zapfe" refId="ref319046" refString="Schaub, S., and H. Zapfe. 1953. Die fauna der miozanen Spaltenfullung von Neudorf an der Marcch (ESR), Simplicidentata. Sitzungsberichte Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I, 162: 181 - 215." year="1953">Schaub and Zapfe, 1953</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="8E97A49574B88EF6148EEFC814EB058D" author="Ziegler, R." refId="ref406850" refString="Ziegler, R. 1995. Die untermiozanen kleinsaugerfaunen aus den Susswasserkalken von Engelswies und Schellenfeld bei Sigmaringen (Baden-Wurttemberg). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Ser. B (Geologie und Palaontologie), 228: 53 pp." year="1995">Ziegler, 1995</bibRefCitation>
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), recorded as far northeast as
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<collectingCountry id="734322C6FD445ED26B5D17E2C7F9773F" name="Poland">Poland</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="D62E21325EA0C17262A65EC8E026A61B" author="Kowalski, K." refId="ref195925" refString="Kowalski, K. 1993. Neocometes Schaub and Zapfe, 1953 (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Miocene of Belchatow (Poland). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 36 (2): 259 - 265." year="1993">Kowalski, 1993</bibRefCitation>
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);
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<taxonomicName id="E1D43121B97B4C3E48B67B23D08025D0" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neocometes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="undetermined">
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<emphasis id="EF57AFF6ED3CDBE9859F3B6AF425F9B9" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Neocometes</emphasis>
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sp.
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</taxonomicName>
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from early Miocene in S
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<collectingCountry id="4AE29C64687C1D59CD217EBD839BD8BB" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="662178ED4B28B9B66CE9A1C1B49787FA" author="Qiu & Zhuding & Li Chuankuei" refId="ref294335" refString="Qiu, Zhuding, and Li Chuankuei. 2003. Rodents from the Chinese Neogene: Biogeographic relationships with Europe and North America. Pp. 586 - 602, in Vertebrate fossils and their context: Contributions in honor of Richard H. Tedford (L. J. Flynn, ed.). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 279, 666 pp." year="2003">Qiu and Li, 2003</bibRefCitation>
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); and
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<taxonomicName id="A817AC61EB1920ECF029F9341BCCDEB9" authorityName="Mein" authorityYear="1990" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neocometes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="orientalis">
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<emphasis id="137FC613DA1BE155662285A96ADC1A4E" italics="true" pageNumber="905">N. orientalis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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from early Miocene in N
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<collectingCountry id="5D4C96FCC158275F61B36ADAD08AB8F1" name="Thailand">Thailand</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="8285A7AC33F71AD4BFEA049AE0CEE42F" author="Mein, P. & L. Ginsburg & B. Ratanasthien" refId="ref236559" refString="Mein, P., L. Ginsburg, and B. Ratanasthien. 1990. Nouveaux rongeurs du Miocene de Li (Thailande). Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, ser. 2, 310 (6): 861 - 865." year="1990">Mein et al., 1990</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="25286413615CBADBC0F72A4F269A79E0" author="Mein, P. & L. Ginsburg" refId="ref236431" refString="Mein, P., and L. Ginsburg. 1997. Les mammiferes du gisement miocene inferieur de Li Mae Long, Thailand: Systematique, biostratigraphie et paleoenvironnement. Geodiversitas, 19 (4): 783 - 844." year="1997">Mein and Ginsburg, 1997</bibRefCitation>
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), which is the oldest and regarded as the most primitive of the three species (see review by
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<bibRefCitation id="B3BE897370D23AC9D80346BC94A4F17D" author="Fejfar, O." refId="ref99357" refString="Fejfar, O. 1999 b. Subfamily Platacanthomyinae. Pp. 389 - 394, in The Miocene land mammals of Europe (G. E. Rossner and K. Heissig, eds.). Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, Munchen, 515 pp." year="1999">
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Fejfar, 1999
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<emphasis id="BF2796CFF11B9451A4D05CD7AF16B1D5" italics="true" pageNumber="905">b</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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).
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<bibRefCitation id="17FB236B1BAB2100CBC20BC514C8C46E" author="Schaub, S. & H. Zapfe" refId="ref319046" refString="Schaub, S., and H. Zapfe. 1953. Die fauna der miozanen Spaltenfullung von Neudorf an der Marcch (ESR), Simplicidentata. Sitzungsberichte Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I, 162: 181 - 215." year="1953">Schaub and Zapfe (1953)</bibRefCitation>
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considered
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<taxonomicName id="D3B32555217455930F2BB4068596E50F" authorityName=", Schaub and Zapfe" authorityYear="1953" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neocometes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="1D3A43CA5BF454DE68C964169401CEA8" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Neocometes</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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to be morphologically close to
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<taxonomicName id="A91A2E6A1CA003B2B752CD5293053396" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" genus="Typhlomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="962C8FF082F17E6DE2C27A16CE32111D" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Typhlomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, a relationship endorsed by
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<bibRefCitation id="FD3B8C6DA8C584807AAC63B5263F2113" author="Fejfar, O." refId="ref99357" refString="Fejfar, O. 1999 b. Subfamily Platacanthomyinae. Pp. 389 - 394, in The Miocene land mammals of Europe (G. E. Rossner and K. Heissig, eds.). Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, Munchen, 515 pp." year="1999">
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Fejfar (1999
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<emphasis id="251E6754E44FC09AA1152783B3FE469A" italics="true" pageNumber="905">b</emphasis>
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)
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</bibRefCitation>
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, who noted that
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<taxonomicName id="343C7504EE2A91C438B30DDA50AF1DD7" authorityName="Blyth" authorityYear="1859" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" genus="Platacanthomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="C5868AA46B4AEA87DFF8C2972480AC0B" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Platacanthomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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has more derived dental traits and represents a separate evolutionary branch.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="B9B8ED1F5C6FEAB9095A9B5B231A7F5B" pageNumber="905">
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Current common names (e.g.,
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<bibRefCitation id="17814B92AE5E244DFFDDC1CC58E2A42C" author="Wilson, D. E. & F. R. Cole" refId="ref390832" refString="Wilson, D. E., and F. R. Cole. 2000. Common names of mammals of the world. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London, xiv + 204 pp." year="2000">Wilson and Cole, 2000</bibRefCitation>
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) are Malabar spiny dormouse (
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<taxonomicName id="F4362BBB89A9B28CB9B0040E45392748" authorityName="Blyth" authorityYear="1859" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" genus="Platacanthomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="62DA87323F294ABFD40AAB5CEB6220C6" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Platacanthomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) and pygmy dormouse (
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<taxonomicName id="60E9F359B7B8C4B2F4E6FFE6E177CED9" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Platacanthomyidae" genus="Typhlomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="2323BB28868C5B1FF62212E5FFD48627" italics="true" pageNumber="905">Typhlomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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). Either "tree mouse" or incorporation of the genus is preferred; both arrangements avoid perpetuating the incorrect phylogenetic alliance implied by the usual vernaculars
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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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