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<figureCitation id="2CA72A4DFF824578783EFDA30BD594F3" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="24.[151,249,1851,1874]" captionTargetBox="[333,1169,219,1800]" captionTargetId="figure-139@24.[312,1271,193,1835]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURE 5. Principal components analysis (PCA) based on nine craniometric variables indicating scatter of individuals on PC1 and PC2 (a) and PC2 and PC3 (b) from six pre-defined taxon-groups of Ethiopian Otomys in relation to existing type specimens of fortior and degeni and new holotypes designated for new species (see Taxonomic Summary). Open squares = O. typus s.s., open triangles = O. fortior; open diamonds = O. yaldeni sp. nov. (= Sp. A); closed squares = O. helleri (= Sp. B); open circles = O. cheesmani sp. nov. (= Sp.C); closed diamonds = O. simiensis sp. nov. (= Sp. D); cross = degeni. Type specimens indicated; normal font indicates existing holotypes; bold font represents newly designated holotypes (see Taxonomic Summary)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5280596" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5280596/files/figure.png" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Figs. 5</figureCitation>
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,
|
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<figureCitation id="2CA72A4DFF8245787DEFFD8F0BB694F3" box="[180,196,618,642]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="26.[151,249,1343,1366]" captionTargetBox="[190,1380,299,1307]" captionTargetId="figure-393@26.[151,1436,279,1318]" captionTargetPageId="26" captionText="FIGURE 6. Canonical variates analysis (plot of first two canonical variates) of six defined taxon-groups of Ethiopian Otomys based on nine craniometric variables. Position of individuals form “unknown” sample from Oromiya, Jimma (asterisks) predicted a posteriori. Open squares = O. typus s.s. (Mt Guna); Closed squares = O. fortior; open circles = O. helleri (= “Sp. B”); closed circles = O. yaldeni sp. nov. (= “Sp. A”); open triangles = O. cheesmani sp. nov. (= “Sp. C”); closed triangles = O. simiensis sp. nov. (= “Sp. D”)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5280598" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5280598/files/figure.png" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">6</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="2CA72A4DFF8245787D8BFD8F0B9E94F3" box="[208,236,618,642]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="48.[151,249,1971,1994]" captionTargetBox="[196,1367,183,1936]" captionTargetId="figure-35@48.[196,1384,177,1946]" captionTargetPageId="48" captionText="FIGURE 17(a–c). Photographs comparing dorsal, ventral and lateral views of the skulls of holotype of Otomys yaldeni (ZMMU 162594)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5280622" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5280622/files/figure.png" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">17</figureCitation>
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and
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<tableCitation id="F91E0373FF8245787C7FFD8F0AF794F3" box="[292,389,618,642]" captionStart="TABLE 7" captionStartId="29.[151,234,1317,1340]" captionText="TABLE 7. ANOVA of selected cranial variables for 12 proposed taxa of O. typus s.l. Homogeneous groups represent Tukey’s" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Tables 7</tableCitation>
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,
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<tableCitation id="F91E0373FF8245787CC9FD8F0AD094F3" box="[402,418,618,642]" captionStart="TABLE 9" captionStartId="52.[151,234,1198,1221]" captionText="TABLE 9. Summary statistics for taxa recognised by this study." pageId="46" pageNumber="47">9</tableCitation>
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). Similar to
|
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787F74FD8E09D794F2" box="[559,677,619,643]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">O. yaldeni</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
but considerably larger externally (HB mean
|
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in
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<taxonomicName id="739C4D4BFF8245787875FD8E0EE794F3" authorityName="Taylor & Lavrenchenko & Carleton & Verheyen & Bennett & Oosthuizen & Maree" authorityYear="2011" box="[1326,1429,619,642]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Otomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simiensis">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787875FD8E0EE794F3" box="[1326,1429,619,642]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">simiensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, cf.
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<taxonomicName id="739C4D4BFF8245787C5CFD6B0A2B94D7" authorityName="Taylor & Lavrenchenko & Carleton & Verheyen & Bennett & Oosthuizen & Maree" authorityYear="2011" box="[263,345,654,678]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Otomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yaldeni">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787C5CFD6B0A2B94D7" box="[263,345,654,678]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">yaldeni</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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; tail means
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and
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respectively); skull having a narrower interorbital region, less pronounced supraorbital ridges, relatively longer nasal bones, and braincase with flatter dorsal profile (
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); karyotype distinctive (2N=54, NF=56).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="B42336C8FF8245787D9EFD1E0F30950F" blockId="46.[151,1436,438,1830]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">
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<materialsCitation id="04F43C95FF8245787D9EFD1E0FE59563" box="[197,1175,762,787]" collectionCode="ZMMU" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" specimenCode="ZMMU 178756" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787D9EFD1E0A369562" bold="true" box="[197,324,763,787]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" reason="1">
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<typeStatus id="6B27886AFF8245787D9EFD1E0A4D9562" box="[197,319,763,787]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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.
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</emphasis>
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<specimenCode id="E43A9EB3FF8245787C11FD1E0A8E9563" box="[330,508,762,786]" collectionCode="ZMMU" country="Russia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/k3qp-615s" name="Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" type="Museum">ZMMU 178756</specimenCode>
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(adult female, dry skin and skull, collector’s number 1336)
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</materialsCitation>
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;
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<materialsCitation id="04F43C95FF82457879F9FD1E09969547" collectionCode="ZMMU" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" specimenCode="ZMMU 178758" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
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<specimenCode id="E43A9EB3FF82457879F9FD1E0E269563" box="[1186,1364,762,786]" collectionCode="ZMMU" country="Russia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/k3qp-615s" name="Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" type="Museum">ZMMU 178758</specimenCode>
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(adult male, dry skin and skull, collector’s number 1352)
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</materialsCitation>
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;
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<materialsCitation id="04F43C95FF8245787FA8FCFA0A48952B" collectionCode="ZMMU" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" specimenCode="ZMMU 178759" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
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<specimenCode id="E43A9EB3FF8245787FA8FCFA08DA9547" box="[755,936,798,822]" collectionCode="ZMMU" country="Russia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/k3qp-615s" name="Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" type="Museum">ZMMU 178759</specimenCode>
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(adult male, dry skin and skull, collector’s number 1353)
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</materialsCitation>
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;
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<materialsCitation id="04F43C95FF8245787C11FCA60F4F950F" collectingDate="2005-05-04" collectingDateMax="2005-05-20" collectingDateMin="2005-05-04" collectionCode="ZMMU" collectorName="L. A. Lavrenchenko" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" specimenCode="ZMMU 178762" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
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<specimenCode id="E43A9EB3FF8245787C11FCA60A8D952B" box="[330,511,834,858]" collectionCode="ZMMU" country="Russia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/k3qp-615s" name="Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" type="Museum">ZMMU 178762</specimenCode>
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(adult female, dry skin and skull, collector’s number 1429); all
|
||
<specimenCount id="A29AFD41FF82457879B5FCA70EEE952B" box="[1262,1436,834,858]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" type="generic">four specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
from the type locality, collected by
|
||
<collectorName id="1969531EFF8245787F7FFC83098C950F" box="[548,766,870,894]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">L.A. Lavrenchenko</collectorName>
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between
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<collectingDate id="D066E9E0FF8245787E3DFC830F4F950F" box="[870,1085,870,895]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" value="2005-05-04" valueMax="2005-05-20" valueMin="2005-05-04">4 and 20 May 2005</collectingDate>
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</date>
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</materialsCitation>
|
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.
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||
</paragraph>
|
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</subSubSection>
|
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<subSubSection id="FC866543FF8245787D9EFC6F0A7C9077" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" type="description">
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<paragraph id="B42336C8FF8245787D9EFC6F0E149227" blockId="46.[151,1436,438,1830]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787D9EFC6F0A2495D3" box="[197,342,906,931]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" reason="1">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787D9EFC6F0A3D95D2" bold="true" box="[197,335,906,931]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Description</emphasis>
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.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
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The dorsal pelage is dark brown, with individual hairs having a blackish base, rufous subterminal band, and relatively narrow black tip. Among the guard hairs (
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), there are longer bristles (
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) that produce the effect of the double-layered fur. Ventral pelage is pale grey, the individual hairs grey at the base and tipped with pale whitish. The ears are blackish, their inner surface covered with short rufous hairs. Dorsal surfaces of the forefeet and hindfeet are dark grey, and the claws are grey. The tail is moderately long (53.4% of HB) and appears distinctly bicoloured, the dorsal caudal hairs relatively long and blackish in contrast to the white ventral hairs.
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</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="B42336C8FF8245787D9EFB8708329297" blockId="46.[151,1436,438,1830]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">
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The skull resembles most other members of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="739C4D4BFF8245787E5AFB860810920B" authorityName="sensu Bohmann" authorityYear="1952" box="[769,866,1123,1147]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Otomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="typus">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787E5AFB860867920A" box="[769,789,1123,1147]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">O</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787E7CFB860810920B" box="[807,866,1123,1146]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">
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<typeStatus id="6B27886AFF8245787E7CFB860810920B" box="[807,866,1123,1146]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">typus</typeStatus>
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</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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complex, having a relatively narrow interorbital region, reduced supraorbital ridges, shallow braincase, and short anterior palatal foramen (
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<tableCitation id="F91E0373FF82457879C3FB630F8292EF" box="[1176,1264,1158,1182]" captionStart="TABLE 9" captionStartId="52.[151,234,1198,1221]" captionText="TABLE 9. Summary statistics for taxa recognised by this study." pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Table 9</tableCitation>
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). Anterior face of the lower incisor has two well defined and equally deep grooves. The upper third molar possesses 7 complete laminae; the lower first molar possesses 4 complete laminae.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
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The chromosomal complement of
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<taxonomicName id="739C4D4BFF8245787F1DFB1609A2937B" authorityName="Taylor & Lavrenchenko & Carleton & Verheyen & Bennett & Oosthuizen & Maree" authorityYear="2011" box="[582,720,1267,1291]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Otomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simiensis">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787F1DFB160928937A" box="[582,602,1267,1291]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">O</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787F32FB1609A2937B" box="[617,720,1267,1290]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">simiensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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consists of 2N=54, NF=56;
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+ 52a (
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<figureCitation id="2CA72A4DFF82457879D3FB170FA8937B" box="[1160,1242,1266,1290]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="14.[151,249,1800,1823]" captionTargetBox="[416,1168,528,1739]" captionTargetId="figure-186@14.[385,1197,497,1749]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 2. Giemsa stained karyotypes of (a) Otomys helleri (= “Sp. B”; n=6), O. fortior (n=6) and O.typus s.s. (n=1) (2n=58, NFa=58), (b) Otomys yaldeni sp. nov. (= “Sp. A”; n=1; 2n=56, NFa=54), and (c) Otomys simiensis sp. nov. (= “Sp. D”; n=4; 2n=54, NFa=54)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5280588" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5280588/files/figure.png" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Fig. 2c</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="B42336C8FF8245787D9EFAF30A7C9077" blockId="46.[151,1436,438,1830]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">
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<taxonomicName id="739C4D4BFF8245787D9EFAF30AFB935F" authorityName="Taylor & Lavrenchenko & Carleton & Verheyen & Bennett & Oosthuizen & Maree" authorityYear="2011" box="[197,393,1302,1326]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Otomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simiensis">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787D9EFAF30AFB935F" box="[197,393,1302,1326]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Otomys simiensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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differs from other Ethiopian
|
||
<taxonomicName id="739C4D4BFF8245787F8FFAF3085B935F" authorityName="F. Cuvier" authorityYear="1824" box="[724,809,1302,1326]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Otomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787F8FFAF3085B935F" box="[724,809,1302,1326]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Otomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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(excluding
|
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<taxonomicName id="739C4D4BFF8245787EEAFAF30F71935F" authorityName="Taylor & Lavrenchenko & Carleton & Verheyen & Bennett & Oosthuizen & Maree" authorityYear="2011" box="[945,1027,1302,1326]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Otomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yaldeni">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787EEAFAF30F71935F" box="[945,1027,1302,1326]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">yaldeni</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
) by the lower number of laminae in the upper third molar (7 versus 8–9) and the double-layered dorsal fur. Amongst other members of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="739C4D4BFF8245787875FADE0E1B9323" authorityName="sensu Bohmann" authorityYear="1952" box="[1326,1385,1339,1362]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Otomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" sensu="lato" species="typus">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787875FADE0E1B9323" box="[1326,1385,1339,1362]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">
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<typeStatus id="6B27886AFF8245787875FADE0E1B9323" box="[1326,1385,1339,1362]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">typus</typeStatus>
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</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="9DDB57A1FF824578782FFADF0EE49323" box="[1396,1430,1338,1362]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" sensu="lato">s.l.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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,
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787DCCFABA0B8C9307" box="[151,254,1375,1398]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">simiensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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is most like
|
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787CD6FABB0A989307" box="[397,490,1374,1398]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">jacksoni</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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which is similar in skull size and shape (
|
||
<tableCitation id="F91E0373FF8245787EECFABB0F7F9307" box="[951,1037,1374,1398]" captionStart="TABLE 9" captionStartId="52.[151,234,1198,1221]" captionText="TABLE 9. Summary statistics for taxa recognised by this study." pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Table 9</tableCitation>
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) and also has 7 laminae in the third upper molar and a similar dark brown colour (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="D00D4B39FF8245787FE3FA67081F93EB" author="Bohmann" box="[696,877,1410,1434]" firstAuthor="Bohmann" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" pagination="1 - 80" refId="ref36022" refString="Bohmann, L. (1952) Die afrikanische Nagergattung Otomys F. Cuvier. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 18, 1 - 80." type="journal article" year="1952">Bohmann 1952</bibRefCitation>
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); however,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="739C4D4BFF8245787EADFA660F2193EA" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1891" box="[1014,1107,1411,1435]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Otomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jacksoni">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787EADFA660F2193EA" box="[1014,1107,1411,1435]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">jacksoni</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is much smaller in external dimensions (HB mean
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in
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787F4FFA43090393CF" box="[532,625,1446,1470]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">jacksoni</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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cf.
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in
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<taxonomicName id="739C4D4BFF8245787E41FA4208F293CF" authorityName="Taylor & Lavrenchenko & Carleton & Verheyen & Bennett & Oosthuizen & Maree" authorityYear="2011" box="[794,896,1447,1470]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Otomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simiensis">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787E41FA4208F293CF" box="[794,896,1447,1470]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">simiensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) and has a proportionately shorter tail (45.4% in
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787DCCFA2E0B869392" box="[151,244,1483,1507]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">jacksoni</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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cf. 53.4% in
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<taxonomicName id="739C4D4BFF8245787CD7FA2E0A809393" authorityName="Taylor & Lavrenchenko & Carleton & Verheyen & Bennett & Oosthuizen & Maree" authorityYear="2011" box="[396,498,1483,1506]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Otomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simiensis">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787CD7FA2E0A809393" box="[396,498,1483,1506]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">simiensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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). Furthermore molecular data (
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<figureCitation id="2CA72A4DFF8245787E09FA2F08E79393" box="[850,917,1482,1506]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="17.[151,250,1699,1722]" captionTargetBox="[283,1299,193,1676]" captionTargetId="figure-205@17.[283,1299,193,1676]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURE 3a. Bayesian phylogeny inferred from cyt b sequences partitioned by codon position for 34 East African specimens of O. typus s.l. and O. tropicalis s.l. in relation to representatives of seven Otomys species and Parotomys brantsii from eastern, western and southern Africa. Representatives of nine murine taxa served as outgroups (see Appendix 1). Nodal support indices for the main clades (annotated 1 to 8) and subclades (a, b, c, d and e), as well as supported deeper nodes (A, H, I, M, N, O) are given beside the phylogram in the following order: Bayesian posterior probabilities (BPP)/ bootstrap support from 1000 replicates for maximum likelihood (MLbs), under an unpartitioned GTR+I+G model/ unweighted parsimony (UwPbs), six-parameter-weighted parsimony partitioned by codon positions (6PPbs)/ neighbour-joining using uncorrected p-distances (Njpbs)/ neighbour-joining using GTR+I+G-corrected distances (Njcbs). Estimated divergence dates (Myr) for the major lineages identified in the cyt b phylogeny are indicated to the left of each node. Bayesian estimation of divergence times was conducted under a relaxed clock model using BEAST v.1.4. Four well established murine fossil calibration points were specified (Pocock 1987; Rowe et al. 2008, see text)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5280590" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5280590/files/figure.png" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
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) clearly demonstrate the genetic separation of these taxa.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="FC866543FF8245787D9EF9F70E14905B" box="[197,1382,1554,1579]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787D9EF9F70A2C905A" bold="true" box="[197,350,1554,1579]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" reason="1">Distribution.</emphasis>
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Known only from the
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<typeStatus id="6B27886AFF8245787F05F9F609FC905A" box="[606,654,1555,1579]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">type</typeStatus>
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locality in the Simien Mountains, northern
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(see above).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="FC866543FF8245787D9EF9D2097A90CB" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph id="B42336C8FF8245787D9EF9D2097A90CB" blockId="46.[151,1436,438,1830]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787D9EF9D20A5B903E" bold="true" box="[197,297,1591,1615]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" reason="1">Ecology.</emphasis>
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The
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and
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<typeStatus id="6B27886AFF8245787CADF9D2092D903E" box="[502,607,1591,1615]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
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of
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<taxonomicName id="739C4D4BFF8245787FDFF9D3087C903F" authorityName="Taylor & Lavrenchenko & Carleton & Verheyen & Bennett & Oosthuizen & Maree" authorityYear="2011" box="[644,782,1590,1614]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Otomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simiensis">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787FDFF9D3087C903F" box="[644,782,1590,1614]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">O. simiensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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were captured in tree-heather forest (trees:
|
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF82457879ADF9D20EE7903F" box="[1270,1429,1590,1614]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Erica arborea</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
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||
<taxonomicName id="739C4D4BFF8245787DCCF9BE0AF89002" box="[151,394,1627,1651]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Hypericaceae" genus="Hypericum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="revolutum">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787DCCF9BE0AF89002" box="[151,394,1627,1651]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Hypericum revolutum</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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; shrub:
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<taxonomicName id="739C4D4BFF8245787CB9F9BE09E49002" box="[482,662,1627,1651]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" genus="Rosa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Rosales" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="abyssinica">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787CB9F9BE09E49002" box="[482,662,1627,1651]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Rosa abyssinica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) with open grassy patches. At higher altitudes, this species is replaced by
|
||
<taxonomicName id="739C4D4BFF8245787DE1F99B0A6A90E7" authorityName="sensu Bohmann" authorityYear="1952" box="[186,280,1662,1686]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Otomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" sensu="stricto" species="typus">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787DE1F99B0A6A90E7" box="[186,280,1662,1686]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">O. typus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, a common inhabitant of the afroalpine zone in the Simien Mountains National Park (e.g., Chennek area,
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,
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,
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="FC866543FF8245787D9EF9220F2B9157" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="B42336C8FF8245787D9EF9220F2B9157" blockId="46.[151,1436,438,1830]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787D9EF9220A3990AF" box="[197,331,1735,1759]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" reason="1">
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<emphasis id="86E8EADAFF8245787D9EF9220A3690AE" bold="true" box="[197,324,1735,1759]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Etymology</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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The rugged Simien Mountains, to which the new species is apparently endemic, dominate the northern plateau of
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<collectingCountry id="CC8B7658FF8245787C28F90F0AA39173" box="[371,465,1770,1794]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
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and contain its highest peaks. The name combines the stem Simien with the Latin suffix “ensis,” meaning “native of” or “characteristic of” the place indicated by the stem.
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</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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</document> |