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<document ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098" ID-ISBN="1-56098-217-9" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7353098" approvalRequired="3" approvalRequired_for_document="2" approvalRequired_for_originalDoi="1" checkinTime="1667534070963" checkinUser="GgServerImporter" docAuthor="Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton" docDate="1993" docId="03D087AEFFBDFFF0FEFB0E04FA73F6E5" docLanguage="en" docName="MammalSpeciesofTheWorld.1993.Muridae.501-755.pdf.imd" docOrigin="Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press" docTitle="Arvicanthis abyssinicus" docType="treatment" docVersion="3" lastPageNumber="576" masterDocId="FFE9FFD6FFF6FFBBFFF30B06FF93FFF3" masterDocTitle="Order Rodentia - Family Muridae" masterLastPageNumber="755" masterPageNumber="501" pageNumber="576" updateTime="1669256938330" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Order Rodentia - Family Muridae</mods:title>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Guy G. Musser</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Michael D. Carleton</mods:namePart>
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<mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource>
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<mods:dateIssued>1993</mods:dateIssued>
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<mods:publisher>Smithsonian Institution Press</mods:publisher>
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<mods:placeTerm>Washington and London</mods:placeTerm>
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<mods:roleTerm>Editor</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Don E. Wilson</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Editor</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>DeeAnn M. Reeder</mods:namePart>
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<mods:titleInfo>
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<mods:title>Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)</mods:title>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ISBN">1-56098-217-9</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Zenodo-Dep">7353098</mods:identifier>
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<paragraph blockId="75.[264,1858,1282,2326]" box="[264,1397,1282,1320]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">
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<treatmentCitation author="Riippell" authority="(Riippell, 1842)" baseAuthorityName="Riippell" baseAuthorityYear="1842" box="[264,1387,1282,1320]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" journal="Mus. Senckenberg." kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="104" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="abyssinicus" title="Arvicanthis abyssinicus" volume="3" year="1842">
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<taxonomicName authority="(Riippell, 1842)" baseAuthorityName="Riippell" baseAuthorityYear="1842" box="[264,928,1282,1320]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="abyssinicus">
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<emphasis box="[264,652,1282,1320]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">Arvicanthis abyssinicus</emphasis>
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(Riippell, 1842)
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.
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<bibCitation author="Riippell" box="[953,1387,1282,1320]" journal="Mus. Senckenberg." pageId="75" pageNumber="576" pagination="104" title="Arvicanthis abyssinicus" volume="3" year="1842">Mus. Senckenberg., 3:104</bibCitation>
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.
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<subSubSection box="[307,1825,1325,1362]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph blockId="75.[264,1858,1282,2326]" box="[307,1825,1325,1362]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">
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TYPE LOCALITY:
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<materialsCitation box="[554,1814,1325,1362]" country="Ethiopia" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">
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<collectingCountry box="[554,696,1325,1362]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
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, Simien Prov., Simien Mtns, Entschetqab (see
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)
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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<paragraph blockId="75.[264,1858,1282,2326]" box="[307,1431,1365,1403]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">
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DISTRIBUTION:
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<collectingCountry box="[532,678,1365,1403]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
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, between
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Yalden, D. W. & M. J. Largen & D. Kock" box="[1091,1413,1365,1403]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" refId="ref397218" refString="Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, and D. Kock. 1976. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia. 2. Insectivora and Rodentia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 8 (1): 1 - 118." year="1976">Yalden et al., 1976</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection box="[307,1082,1408,1445]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" type="synonym_list">
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<paragraph blockId="75.[264,1858,1282,2326]" box="[307,1082,1408,1445]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">
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SYNONYMS:
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fluvicinctus, rufodorsalis,
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<taxonomicName box="[921,1072,1408,1445]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="saturatus">saturatus</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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<subSubSection pageId="75" pageNumber="576" type="discussion">
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COMMENTS: An Ethiopian endemic and morphologically distinctive species whose closest relative is
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<emphasis box="[575,720,1491,1530]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Frick" authorityYear="1914" box="[575,713,1491,1530]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="blicki">A. blicki</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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another Ethiopian endemic. Historically the species was perceived to embrace forms occurring from
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<collectingCountry box="[1157,1299,1534,1572]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
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south to
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<collectingCountry box="[1466,1594,1534,1572]" name="Zambia" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">Zambia</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Allen, G. M." box="[1622,1816,1534,1572]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" refId="ref4894" refString="Allen, G. M. 1939. A checklist of African mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 83: 1 - 763." year="1939">Allen, 1939</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Dollman, G." box="[392,636,1576,1614]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" refId="ref87523" refString="Dollman, G. 1911. On Arvicanthis abyssinicus and allied East-African species, with descriptions of four new forms. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 8: 334 - 353." year="1911">Dollman, 1911</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Ellerman, J. R." box="[664,922,1576,1614]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" refId="ref92857" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp." year="1941">Ellerman, 1941</bibRefCitation>
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), but
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<bibRefCitation author="Osgood, W. H." box="[1023,1341,1576,1614]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" refId="ref269005" refString="Osgood, W. H. 1936. New and imperfectly known small mammals from Africa. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 20: 217 - 256." year="1936">Osgood (1936:252)</bibRefCitation>
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discussed several of
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<emphasis box="[391,604,1618,1656]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">abyssinicus's</emphasis>
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diagnostic features, noting that it "is not unlikely that it is confined to
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<collectingCountry box="[392,535,1659,1698]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
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and at least some of the forms of
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<collectingCountry box="[1128,1233,1659,1698]" name="Kenya" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">Kenya</collectingCountry>
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and
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<collectingCountry box="[1322,1453,1659,1698]" name="Uganda" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">Uganda</collectingCountry>
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which have been associated with it will need other allocation." This view has been reinforced by morphometric analyses (
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<bibRefCitation author="Rousseau, M." box="[822,1088,1744,1782]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" refId="ref311222" refString="Rousseau, M. 1983. Etude des Arvicanthis du Museum de Paris par analyses factorielles (Rongeurs, Murides). Mammalia, 47: 525 - 542." year="1983">Rousseau, 1983</bibRefCitation>
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), and our examination of specimens.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="75.[264,1858,1282,2326]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Riippell" baseAuthorityYear="1842" box="[432,818,1785,1823]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Arvicanthis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="abyssinicus">
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<emphasis box="[432,818,1785,1823]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">Arvicanthis abyssinicus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<emphasis box="[906,1041,1785,1823]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">A. blicki</emphasis>
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are the only species of
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<emphasis box="[1450,1639,1785,1823]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">Arvicanthis</emphasis>
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endemic to
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<collectingCountry box="[392,539,1827,1865]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
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, both are part of middle and high altitude grassland and moorland endemic mammal faunas of
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<collectingCountry box="[727,868,1869,1908]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Demeter, A. & G. Topal" box="[892,1327,1869,1908]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" refId="ref80815" refString="Demeter, A., and G. Topal. 1982. Ethiopian mammals in the Hungarian Natural History Museum. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Budapest), 74: 331 - 349." year="1982">Demeter and Topal, 1982</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Rupp, H." box="[1352,1547,1869,1908]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" refId="ref312607" refString="Rupp, H. 1980. Beitrage zur Systematik, Verbreitung und Okologie athiopischer Nagetiere. Ergebnisse mehrerer Forschungsreisen. Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen, 28 (2): 81 - 123." year="1980">Rupp, 1980</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Yalden, D. W." box="[1568,1794,1869,1908]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" refId="ref397139" refString="Yalden, D. W. 1988. Small mammals of the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia. African Journal of Ecology, 26: 281 - 294." year="1988">Yalden, 1988</bibRefCitation>
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), and both are more closely related to each other than to any other species of the genus.
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<emphasis box="[514,856,1955,1993]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">Arvicanthis niloticus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis box="[944,1147,1955,1993]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">A. somalicus</emphasis>
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also occur in
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<collectingCountry box="[1393,1536,1955,1993]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
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(see those accounts), but their ranges also extend far beyond that country's boundaries.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="75.[264,1858,1282,2326]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">
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<bibRefCitation author="Rousseau, M." box="[433,713,2038,2075]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" refId="ref311222" refString="Rousseau, M. 1983. Etude des Arvicanthis du Museum de Paris par analyses factorielles (Rongeurs, Murides). Mammalia, 47: 525 - 542." year="1983">Rousseau (1983)</bibRefCitation>
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regarded
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<emphasis box="[895,1029,2038,2075]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">mearnsi,</emphasis>
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described as a subspecies of
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<emphasis box="[1540,1773,2038,2075]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">A. abyssinicus</emphasis>
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by
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<bibRefCitation author="Frick, C." box="[392,594,2079,2117]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" refId="ref109643" refString="Frick, C. 1914. A new genus and some new species and subspecies of Abyssinian rodents. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 9: 7 - 28." year="1914">Frick (1914)</bibRefCitation>
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, to also be a subspecies of
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<emphasis box="[1067,1308,2079,2117]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">A. abyssinicus,</emphasis>
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but its qualitative dental and chromatic characteristics fall within the range of variation seen in
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<emphasis box="[1544,1745,2121,2159]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">A. niloticus,</emphasis>
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as
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<bibRefCitation author="Osgood, W. H." box="[391,639,2162,2200]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" refId="ref269005" refString="Osgood, W. H. 1936. New and imperfectly known small mammals from Africa. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 20: 217 - 256." year="1936">Osgood (1936)</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<bibRefCitation author="Yalden, D. W. & M. J. Largen & D. Kock" box="[729,1061,2162,2200]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576" refId="ref397218" refString="Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, and D. Kock. 1976. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia. 2. Insectivora and Rodentia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 8 (1): 1 - 118." year="1976">Yalden et al. (1976)</bibRefCitation>
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noted (discussed by them under either
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<emphasis box="[391,556,2204,2240]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">lacernatus</emphasis>
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or
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<emphasis box="[617,818,2204,2240]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">dembeensis).</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="75.[264,1858,1282,2326]" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">
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Chromosomal data reported by Orlov et al. (1992) within the context of studying chromosomal variation among Ethiopian samples of
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<emphasis box="[1304,1504,2287,2326]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="576">Arvicanthis.</emphasis>
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