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,
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Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss.
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: 12
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.
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<emphasis id="B3E898E73833613E24F85052A540398E" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1314">Type Species:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="97BFC531B91884716C521F8EDDEF0440" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys gueinzii</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="32DDCC79A6E6C10830CF203C888665BE" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1314">Species and subspecies:</emphasis>
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9 species:
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="407B9E563A0AA3F060DEE3C4E445657E" authority="Lawrence and Loveridge 1953" authorityName="Lawrence and Loveridge" authorityYear="1953" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alleni">
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<emphasis id="F71075ABC686D46D79788B6D34208060" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys alleni</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="BDB8BB86F2414F2691B1C35D6947B00B" author="Lawrence, B. & A. Loveridge" refId="ref207132" refString="Lawrence, B., and A. Loveridge. 1953. Zoological results of a fifth expedition to East Africa. I. Mammals from Nyasaland and Tete. With notes on the genus Otomys. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 110: 1 - 80." year="1953">Lawrence and Loveridge 1953</bibRefCitation>
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="516FD6027C5613E16E150D1F6F58BEBF" authority="W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, and E. Verheyen 2003" authorityName="W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, and E. Verheyen" authorityYear="2003" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cabrali">
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<emphasis id="1D872A33FB78BA16F195E1FDE682E8A5" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys cabrali</emphasis>
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W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, and E.
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="F97735E702FD54F7E4718568AD25C898" authority="Thomas 1912" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1912" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="foxi">
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<emphasis id="349285F2A36B19AC5B2531A653C9239F" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys foxi</emphasis>
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Thomas 1912
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="96ECD6C16FC01EE06A3ED0D987BB3F1E" authority="(Sundevall 1846)" baseAuthorityName="Sundevall" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="incomtus">
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<emphasis id="2012E04023273BA41CDCE6EC7238CBAF" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys incomtus</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="F468C4B106335CED1C9E60CC9A914E36" author="Sundevall, C. J." refId="ref344234" refString="Sundevall, C. J. 1846. Methodisk ofversigt af Idislande djuren Linnes Pecora. Kongliga Vetenskaps-Ajademiens Handlinger for ar 1844: 121 - 210." year="1846">Sundevall 1846</bibRefCitation>
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)
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="E03D9E8D07583D6D9854EE925FAD44EF" authority="Thomas 1906" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1906" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus">
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<emphasis id="E17E3BF470539DD9EB06AB556753D06D" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys montanus</emphasis>
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Thomas 1906
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="FCA2FB4DADA2DDC049AE1E24F9C0DE60" authority="(Peters 1870)" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1870" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nudipes">
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<emphasis id="CD5717C4523FF501075E502635B3B0C4" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys nudipes</emphasis>
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(Peters 1870)
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</taxonomicName>
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="1AC3F823CAA8044F00A402991DA7A50C" authority="Miller 1900" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1900" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufulus">
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<emphasis id="B3FC93888E3CF562384534FD718CAF34" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys rufulus</emphasis>
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Miller 1900
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Species
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<taxonomicName id="CFD998DA6263AD07838567C7ABB6CE80" authority="W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, and E. Verheyen 2003" authorityName="W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, and E. Verheyen" authorityYear="2003" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rwandae">
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<emphasis id="BC2CD232C62402271402010FB7E9D9B9" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys rwandae</emphasis>
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W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, and E.
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<paragraph id="D2D3933877115A8D06D4D92B0F46FBB7" pageNumber="1314">
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Species
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<emphasis id="3DC36B8C7A16E02790F7E4E9B2F64FE5" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys sua</emphasis>
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W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, and E.
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<paragraph id="F1DD943A1EA6A8765007DFC600F0B0BD" pageNumber="1314">
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<emphasis id="D36B23F76096BE0CF7DCF1DE1BF37B0F" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1314">Discussion:</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="7A0F9C84C2078C0FDD3F80FF234EC70B" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1875" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="3F78B3F9C880C1E84DDB9C9951697092" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys</emphasis>
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Division. Closest phylogenetic allies unidentified. Many pelage, cranial, and dental traits of
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<emphasis id="1A51FBDD22875127597D63A569A1EDB6" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys</emphasis>
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suggest alliance with
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<taxonomicName id="60666882392CED3F6D81C15EFB70DA29" baseAuthorityName="Chimimba and Dippenaar" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="3E28BF11C97E54A47A7AD5B74632285F" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Aethomys</emphasis>
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, but
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considered
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<emphasis id="177D380CDD186E006976EC8E3BEA5EAC" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys</emphasis>
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to be the most phylogenetically isolated of endemic African murines. In their analysis based on microcomplement fixation of albumin,
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Watts and Baverstock (1995
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<emphasis id="2F23FB797AB76B638596FFBAB0445873" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">a</emphasis>
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)
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placed
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<emphasis id="C1E4624301B25A20B19E0068A3A50873" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
as the sister group to their African, Australasian, and Southeast Asian clades. Despite the seemingly isolated position of
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="FB76118A7E77C1E0DE61FB8786E12CCC" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and its apparent slow rate of albumin evolution, Watts and Baverstock were reluctant to highlight the genus as a separate clade and provisionally included it within their African group. Analyses of combined mtDNA (cytochrome
|
||
<emphasis id="E7D0EB25C2F34C1A34B5ED86A6877418" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">b</emphasis>
|
||
) and 12S and 16S rRNA gene fragments by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="73F13A7553E2A3D84C7B3FFB4C7B4854" author="Ducroz, J. - F. & V. Volobouev & L. Granjon" refId="ref89321" refString="Ducroz, J. - F., V. Volobouev, and L. Granjon. 2001. An assessment of the systematics of Arvicanthine Rodents using mitochondrial DNA sequences: Evolutionary and biogeographical implications. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 8: 173 - 206." year="2001">Ducroz et al. (2001)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
placed
|
||
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|
||
<emphasis id="BE389C9E5CD918D02559523084C23DB7" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
near
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3E0F37CDE7749C25C4D5B8FE0F0F5F05" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Hybomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="819815C94CB266CC4190E28210BE8538" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Hybomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in a clade basal to an arvicanthine clade (containing
|
||
<taxonomicName id="0832FCED9D15CFEFCB7EDAE385D1A336" baseAuthorityName="Musser" baseAuthorityYear="1987" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lemniscomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="11E96B6E1AD402CFA342A16FC8E7E9E5" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Lemniscomys</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1D513E68FB747D345BA0377F73000023" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Desmomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B2CB0DA4A9A0267CD7FDAFF07B720CE3" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Desmomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83517C65B534CA8C8DC04D285F93DF79" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="BB9AC4D4EEAE0CE3B6265FD78705B162" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Rhabdomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E476E372A5628A2ECF05AF3AA1105B40" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1852" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pelomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="9D939B758EC788014022A446336923DB" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Pelomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="489D67548F3C81F53EDA31C432CBBBAA" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1906" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACD7B61232CC4F93BD5B4DB9F89F6E56" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Mylomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B9CCD730E015E9A17A50856B222F3449" baseAuthorityName="Fadda and Corti" baseAuthorityYear="2001" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="21641E194DF4970B7D61770150CCC924" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Arvicanthis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
); an
|
||
<emphasis id="9553AF82F7F3B5964D8827B9FFC088A2" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B5943DB1551EDBED18A42E2F295D9B93" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chrysophilus">Aethomys chrysophilus</taxonomicName>
|
||
/
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A4FDCE6E99327E8234D6BA202F1692C3" baseAuthorityName="Smuts" baseAuthorityYear="1832" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dolichurus">Grammomys dolichurus</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
clade was situated basal to the
|
||
<emphasis id="DDECAC5D7003507485C577EF911A81E0" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="CA38CC814B872C4DD76275B636B2EBCC" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1875" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Dasymys</taxonomicName>
|
||
/
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C0A790B267E1C7675A9A71A556BA4667" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Hybomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Hybomys</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
cluster. Ducroz et al.’s (2001) analysis using only cytochrome
|
||
<emphasis id="7D61F4BFD7DD8512B5B1701F2C578147" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">b</emphasis>
|
||
sequences placed
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D63998DCFDF39FB4D91C63A54309EE3D" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1875" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="134984BAB80B05AD66EC77BBC432F78E" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
basal to a cluster comprised of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6D69E6C7660710A513D2A3D2B10CC6CA" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Hybomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2224A53DE93DF86C1E4863D5153A72AC" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Hybomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, otomyines,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4DE8860E93D25BEBF116DA10AE5A6E87" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="387F30119072AE38C17B1EA7DD87D18D" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Grammomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="9B78FF8EC063FC9F9EF6171D20D0253C" baseAuthorityName="Chimimba and Dippenaar" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0C8D625BF628F3B6CB3E701A35D062B0" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Aethomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, a
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8DCA480F09A7442B7118C577524A73DF" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Micaelamys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="6138FC4D22E7D43E4413A678FA7D4702" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Micaelamys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
clade, and the arvicanthine cluster. The association with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="47A4FF23EB2DB8F32BAC6B9BC3C453B0" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="9C18D7E755D723A64A1EBDEEC1548395" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Grammomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E3E7C65F8605F3ED6918206B79E4EB58" baseAuthorityName="Chimimba and Dippenaar" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="CBC1B4069C3709340EC92C98EEE02607" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Aethomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4F459452C7DE67B40C6221CB73253A2F" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Hybomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7E52AC130ADB13279524A8291CC6C0BB" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Hybomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="CDC029F2A3C890BB3E7134B1FE343304" baseAuthorityName="Fadda and Corti" baseAuthorityYear="2001" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="3050B8105D130F912827117028884D32" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Arvicanthis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is supported by DNA/DNA hybridization (Chevret, 1994). Lecompte’s (2003) phylogenetic analyses of mtDNA cytochrome
|
||
<emphasis id="4C1A9BE106A7047E74613151F082342F" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">b</emphasis>
|
||
and nuclear
|
||
<collectionCode id="BBE5007C75A89264280BCFCE0E3F04D0">IRBP</collectionCode>
|
||
sequences identified a clade containing
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B363C59B9378BAA48AC55413536D8FE" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1875" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="AA8DE00018AF26A06CA919EFFB1AD46F" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="EE97780BF82DF418BB9DC4ADF8FFEA6B" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Hybomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="45AFC904B38C9B00A5DDCE1A026D6216" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Hybomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="479A3E220BAD3B1DB495B1FF657486A1" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1915" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Grammomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="5660C6A722492562A1C84848A4F06231" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Grammomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and some arvicanthines (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="56EFDF1095D55A78C17191F3DEA7054A" baseAuthorityName="Fadda and Corti" baseAuthorityYear="2001" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="667F7E31260FA26195BD19A149D656DE" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Arvicanthis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="016021EA9340E63DD607B98B8462E6A6" baseAuthorityName="Musser" baseAuthorityYear="1987" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lemniscomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="F8FC677C6A95517F957DA0E99E2A69F5" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Lemniscomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F6541A4C8DA3044F02DFF613102B5DB5" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1852" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pelomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="49B8EEE896A28090AF714857EDF20552" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Pelomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
). Castiglia et al.’
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="3B19391D043B4190DB84422C0674E019" author="Jansa, S. A. & M. D. Carleton" refId="ref172206" refString="Jansa, S. A., and M. D. Carleton. 2003 b. Brachyuromys, short-tailed rats, Malagasy voles. Pp. 1370 - 1373, in The natural history of Madagascar (S. M. Goodman and J. P. Benstead, eds.). The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, xxi + 1709 pp." year="2003">
|
||
s (2003
|
||
<emphasis id="4F3B3202EE0C1F557356509B02D65116" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">b</emphasis>
|
||
)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
phylogenetic analyses of mtDNA cytochrome
|
||
<emphasis id="989FB7AF04CE1F2B90E16EA11FFE8175" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">b</emphasis>
|
||
sequences revealed two patterns. In one tree
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1294AA649FA8BE17212CACABE002764D" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1875" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="DA32F81995214814B800E8DF294BB6F9" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
clustered with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="506C91A9AE887634743E829736544283" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Hybomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="FBAC23BF24B0598CA8A4F02E0204F53C" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Hybomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in a clade that was basal to a clade containing arvicanthines (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D665944AA7F3092354D5AEE585F1CC00" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Desmomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="430D5C4AC753E2F06C62A77FB59E5D8F" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Desmomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="CE421A61052C45125710DD36F6FCBF10" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rhabdomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="C7657D2AF7E63C5F0835ACFD0B466C12" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Rhabdomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8DFDA1684E81F260FFE5F8A93020E69E" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1852" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pelomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="AF32A503322D6E649136FE4DBB3E6F22" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Pelomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="44E17D99DC7B9B780B524D3CD5819955" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1906" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mylomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="DE06EC74B2DAA3D2732DC11B9B4CD236" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Mylomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="CF16B4129E66A00F78C12D2D1D3A29A1" baseAuthorityName="Fadda and Corti" baseAuthorityYear="2001" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="9DA619CA8523F692E424D018BDB71E80" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Arvicanthis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8A2529FD401CE4F30F4BAF1E4F594352" baseAuthorityName="Musser" baseAuthorityYear="1987" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lemniscomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7EE0AC99CF78055EF486EC13AC99C4F1" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Lemniscomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
)
|
||
<emphasis id="26B14F5D2355C5A9676417DCA18FDE76" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="05540016A32D9EF1CFC7290805AAE30C" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Micaelamys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Micaelamys</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
; in another tree,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="30DEB54341C64C7FD6E5C35085C93CCD" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1875" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="FC8C98906E3A721B82DFF512D7FA1092" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is basal to a clade containing otomyines with the arvicanthines basal to the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3F669620BC01EF2C85BEDE779E437838" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1875" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B6D207D50C374B6F54E8EF19DE58AD9C" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and otomyine clusters. Such molecular studies promise insight but generic and species sampling is still limited; until better resolution is achieved we restrict
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C52E12AF8279FB1063850D4205C2A267" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1875" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="92D4573E66AB1EAA7CC0A0C11987F94F" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
to its own division. Chromosomal data summarized by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="00FD00992294A0BD365035A07B00B39B" author="Carleton, M. D. & C. Martinez" refId="ref52132" refString="Carleton, M. D., and C. Martinez. 1991. Morphometric differentiation among West African populations of the rodent genus Dasymys (Muroidea: Murinae), and its taxonomic implications. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 104: 419 - 435." year="1991">Carleton and Martinez (1991)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
. Sperm morphology similar to that of Australian ‘hydromyines’ (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4B45B0B545C04F09252DA4659C659B33" 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="9DE88BAB7C1A28D165FD286D82D43379" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">a</emphasis>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Measurements, localities with coordinates, and other information listed for
|
||
<typeStatus id="F93B2A09199128B08460D1E5A41F0EA6">holotypes</typeStatus>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C0E6CE924B3F3FB40F5B1457598F9672" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1875" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dasymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="D567AADCA83CFDB905E70DCC083DABEB" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
taxa by W.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="1D61BF6A4C1C6F98888DE834EC632434" author="Verheyen, W. N. & J. L. J. Hulselmans & T. Dierckx & M. Colyn & H. Leirs & 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. (2003:53-54)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="0BAAA0BA059F8C8D9882F355DC47ABFB" pageNumber="1314">
|
||
Species diversity within
|
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<emphasis id="7050A8D4CC8B3A158E998D2A7142733D" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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has shifted from Ellerman’s (1941:121) view, "It appears very unlikely that there is more than one species of this genus...," to the recognition of the nine species covered here, which is still likely an underestimate. Our accounts derive primarily from study of museum specimens and the taxonomic reviews by
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<bibRefCitation id="F499F66CDD2E1294ED261AF852A0D8CA" author="Carleton, M. D. & C. Martinez" refId="ref52132" refString="Carleton, M. D., and C. Martinez. 1991. Morphometric differentiation among West African populations of the rodent genus Dasymys (Muroidea: Murinae), and its taxonomic implications. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 104: 419 - 435." year="1991">Carleton and Martinez (1991)</bibRefCitation>
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and W.
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. Wetland habitats combined with dense ground cover are associated with the presence of
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<emphasis id="5262843925044DF3DA943E26D1EEDE41" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and, as
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noted, the "... inherently patchy nature of such wetland environments may account for the interrupted distribution among
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<emphasis id="332FDF10FC059D510DF44B0C87CB8F80" italics="true" pageNumber="1314">Dasymys</emphasis>
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populations..."; past fragmentation of such moist habitats with subsequent genetic isolation of populations may partly explain the species diversity that today characterizes the genus. At least two extinct species have been identified from early Pleistocene beds of
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<collectingCountry id="9A0A1D90C52D1F0E64DF2E5F024C5912" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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(
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,
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), and the genus is represented by Pleistocene fossils from
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<collectingCountry id="7978C85E4C4427CFCC14D67F996F57F6" name="Namibia">Namibia</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="056F9D0718845928604C28EA019BEACF" author="Senut, B. & M. Pickford & P. Mein & G. Conroy & J. Van Couvering" refId="ref323714" refString="Senut, B., M. Pickford, P. Mein, G. Conroy, and J. Van Couvering. 1992. Discovery of 12 new Late Cainozoic fossiliferous sites in palaeokarsts of the Otavi Mountains, Namibia. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences (Paris), 314 (ser. II): 727 - 733." year="1992">Senut et al., 1992</bibRefCitation>
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); see review by Denys (1999)
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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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