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<treatment id="D949A15C93D690BF243FF39B02FFAA5B" ID-GBIF-Taxon="231539276" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:D949A15C93D690BF243FF39B02FFAA5B" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D949A15C93D690BF243FF39B02FFAA5B" lastPageNumber="1254" pageNumber="1254" sourceUrl="http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001191">
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<taxonomicName id="2D38EE0F849F668957EF89F2A8F76748" ID-CoL="65CLM" authority="(de Winton 1896)" baseAuthorityName="de Winton" baseAuthorityYear="1896" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1254" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chrysophilus">
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<emphasis id="E1CAD9A12ABFC0F8A26A989EBDFF0BFD" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">Aethomys chrysophilus</emphasis>
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(de Winton 1896)
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<treatmentCitation id="A3464F3C9CFF4CFC440CEFE684494F0E" author="de Winton" authority="(de Winton 1896)" baseAuthorityName="de Winton" baseAuthorityYear="1896" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" journal="Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond." kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="801" pageNumber="1254" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chrysophilus" title="[Aethomys] chrysophilus" volume="1896" year="1896">
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<emphasis id="C659ADBA3641E84BAF0EE5873BB13F9A" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">[Aethomys] chrysophilus</emphasis>
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(de Winton 1896)
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,
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<bibCitation id="EDEE887A0D59928E83E6AA697F56D9DC" author="de Winton" journal="Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond." pageNumber="1254" pagination="801" title="[Aethomys] chrysophilus" volume="1896" year="1896">Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1896: 801</bibCitation>
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.
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<subSubSection id="7DE2149864BB00D24C10FA5D819027E7" pageNumber="1254" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="C6401B6D873A9F9EA29F3D64396FC5B5" pageNumber="1254">
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<emphasis id="DCA0150B2F565DA9534D224082B6572C" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1254">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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<materialsCitation id="88686A6EC7A1CE84F19B1C9160B0154F" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4867324379" country="Zimbabwe" pageNumber="1254" stateProvince="Mashonaland West">
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E
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<collectingCountry id="E664B8A00002D0B99B24B91758C83AA8" name="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingRegion id="E1AD8FF14B100FCB316A5E5C0CD4FBE8" country="Zimbabwe" name="Mashonaland West">Mashonaland</collectingRegion>
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, Mazoe (see Chimimba, 1998:430).
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</materialsCitation>
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<subSubSection id="49D4E9FF589DBAE418089FDC68266C05" pageNumber="1254" type="vernacular_names">
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<paragraph id="895A617B68E57EAE63EDD357C16F9232" pageNumber="1254">
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<emphasis id="5D30CBC00ED9A2546718697C91E9A760" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1254">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName id="7B10241E751C922F3430DDB282496B2E" language="eng" pageNumber="1254">Red Veld Aethomys</vernacularName>
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.
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<paragraph id="547FE3A340B75EBB497B6A76FAD82562" pageNumber="1254">
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<emphasis id="D468CFBFC177EA4BCDD23FCDC1836141" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1254">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="9290D58DA5E739F4CFD1CEB76950B638" authority="(Thomas and Wroughton 1908)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1908" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1254" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="acticola">
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<emphasis id="04233AA17FA2A9F5542A283AE56F8924" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">Aethomys acticola</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="C8F5559883039E44B211C6B5FC5BE9E1" author="Thomas, O. & R. C. Wroughton" refId="ref355915" refString="Thomas, O., and R. C. Wroughton. 1908. The Rudd exploration of S. Africa. -- X. List of mammals collected by Mr. Grant near Tette, Zambesia. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1908: 535 - 552." year="1908">Thomas and Wroughton 1908</bibRefCitation>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="65963636B35ECC1C8575C5031A46261A" authority="Thomas 1927" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1927" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1254" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="imago">
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<emphasis id="16FFA312A149A5A7E6656CABE215A6E7" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">Aethomys imago</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="C2C7916E84C80A361CE5E10936343D6A" author="Thomas, O." refId="ref355405" refString="Thomas, O. 1927. On a further collection of mammals made by Sr. E. Budin in Neuquen, Patagonia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 19: 650 - 658." year="1927">Thomas 1927</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="BDB3FE76D566A8D154849A47314DACCC" authority="Kershaw 1923" authorityName="Kershaw" authorityYear="1923" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1254" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="singidae">
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<emphasis id="62ED81DB34CDE75664F5E61D202692EB" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">Aethomys singidae</emphasis>
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Kershaw 1923
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</taxonomicName>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="5AFD75CAC7C1137D96431D59DDB961CB" authority="Osgood 1910" authorityName="Osgood" authorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1254" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="voi">
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<emphasis id="260F9394B53089595E76D2BED00925D1" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">Aethomys voi</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="0177AB3173390EEF88A13F33481501D6" author="Osgood, W. H." refId="ref268706" refString="Osgood, W. H. 1910. Eight new African rodents. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 5: 276 - 282." year="1910">Osgood 1910</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="B2A6DF898B60762002E3EC61344738EF" pageNumber="1254" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="7C0EA074B8EFED2E415B45A1D3343E36" pageNumber="1254">
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<emphasis id="095CF69821DC1A973D5BB7084FD9A823" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1254">Distribution:</emphasis>
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From SE
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<collectingCountry id="F57A0DC88485059064F44584E7E21012" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
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south through
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<collectingCountry id="CB0D68F5D8FE91FF68F9329D33F47BAD" name="Tanzania">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="28AE667BA593D6808E649A99F637F21C" name="Malawi">Malawi</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="79EDD8C2432613887B203C0E03BB18C4" author="Denys, C. & W. Chitaukali & J. K. Mfune & M. Combrexelle & F. Cacciani" refId="ref82412" refString="Denys, C., W. Chitaukali, J. K. Mfune, M. Combrexelle, and F. Cacciani. 1999. Diversity of small mammals in owl pellet assemblages of Karonga district, northern Malawi. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 42 (3): 393 - 396." year="1999">Denys et al., 1999</bibRefCitation>
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),
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<collectingCountry id="464AAD6138E629E8CACA4AE59E6EBE92" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
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, S
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<collectingCountry id="E1E8D211FB9683D8C9152DA0EA79F5B9" name="Angola">Angola</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="7078D98C2CBCD84F40A0A5C8D1EB1CF7" author="Crawford-Cabral, J." refId="ref70924" refString="Crawford-Cabral, J. 1998. The Angolan rodents of the superfamily Muroidea: An account of their distribution. Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, Estudos, Ensaios e Documentos, 161: 223 pp." year="1998">Crawford-Cabral, 1998</bibRefCitation>
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), N
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<collectingCountry id="75F185C00C97F646BC7B3DB9F2ACDFF6" name="Namibia">Namibia</collectingCountry>
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, N and E
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<collectingCountry id="D808603AD3C974F470BB4404AC684B6B" name="Botswana">Botswana</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="F2DDDD04E263C6C1DD015AD2D2BA2744" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="857397F20B234209FB289CC39AFDA334" name="Mozambique">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
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, and NE
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<collectingCountry id="D2C370A3365622A2695972F599C8CF32" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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in a narrow band bordering
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<collectingCountry id="F4B4FF8D182BDD176820ADC4C2A460D9" name="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="15D5B27A99DFD02E1B82F2B57B51D502" name="Botswana">Botswana</collectingCountry>
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, and
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<collectingCountry id="2D58F9B278B81AED91B5115251979D6F" name="Mozambique">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
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, generally the course of the Limpopo River; range abstracted from
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<bibRefCitation id="211B184F9C48F88B499EFB636AE36495" author="Linzey, A. V. & M. H. Kesner & C. T. Chimimba & C. Newbery" refId="ref214418" refString="Linzey, A. V., M. H. Kesner, C. T. Chimimba, and C. Newbery. 2003. Distribution of veld rat sibling species Aethomys chrysophilus and Aethomys ineptus in southern Africa. African Zoology, 38 (1): 169 - 174." year="2003">Linzey et al. (2003)</bibRefCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="84291F9D493C7CE18694352AF026E63F" pageNumber="1254" type="conservation">
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<paragraph id="939900890B624B5941A562C96A7FA5E2" pageNumber="1254">
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<emphasis id="710C7AD1C2A3C3FB1E443D32420E35F9" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1254">Conservation:</emphasis>
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<collectionCode id="E8E6C5B64DF0F45C2C446B5616CABB0C">IUCN</collectionCode>
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– Lower Risk (lc).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="3911D09A989BFA397491FFA86FE3C0C3" pageNumber="1254" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="7B69F7A8600CED0CA76E69D7150FCF8E" pageNumber="1254">
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<emphasis id="D52A7D91F5C44016F6214CAC785635D3" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1254">Discussion:</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="F05C8B30D125F0C43BB0A007A028124F" pageNumber="1254">
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Previously, data from chromosomes, hemoglobin electromorph mobility and banding patterns, and spermatozoal and bacular morphologies indicated that populations traditionally identified as
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<taxonomicName id="DA55E6CF38C213F22E5E3B0DECA72A78" baseAuthorityName="de Winton" baseAuthorityYear="1896" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chrysophilus">
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<emphasis id="9C98A8741F2DC5ACB69C6B246FE80DEA" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">A. chrysophilus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in southern Africa consisted of two groups:
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<taxonomicName id="0DB3BE89A6AFC8DC86BCADD572307C5B" baseAuthorityName="de Winton" baseAuthorityYear="1896" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chrysophilus">
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<emphasis id="D4861D027D2F03A8D7FF78BB4DC5618F" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">chrysophilus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and another species unidentified by scientific name (
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<bibRefCitation id="1E316813EB2FF0F5FCBC7689B53A7594" 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">
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Breed, 1995
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<emphasis id="6C422D412A9129634530271DFCA9754E" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">a</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="5BEC8479B708C8318A6D228EDD166333" author="Breed, W. G. & G. A. Cox & C. M. Leigh & P. Hawkins" refId="ref41773" refString="Breed, W. G., G. A. Cox, C. M. Leigh, and P. Hawkins. 1988. Sperm head structure of a murid rodent from southern Africa: The red veld rat Aethomys chrysophilus. Gamete Research, 19: 191 - 202." year="1988">Breed et al., 1988</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="5F7F98CCC6F123B1944AD0A1341CCC9D" author="Gordon, D. H. & I. L. Rautenbach" refId="ref126077" refString="Gordon, D. H., and I. L. Rautenbach. 1980. Species complexes in medically important rodents: Chromosome studies of Aethomys, Tatera, and Saccostomus (Rodentia: Muridae, Cricetidae). South African Journal of Science, 76: 559 - 561." year="1980">Gordon and Rautenbach, 1980</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="511654849187A8C70658F078707C5E01" author="Gordon, D. H. & C. R. B. Watson" refId="ref126129" refString="Gordon, D. H., and C. R. B. Watson. 1986. Identification of cryptic species of rodents (Mastomys, Aethomys, Saccostomus) in the Kruger National Park. South African Journal of Zoology, 21: 95 - 99." year="1986">Gordon and Watson, 1986</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="BFDD7F1DA02506D5549933FF6FF0C6CF" author="Visser, D. S. & T. J. Robinson" refId="ref373587" refString="Visser, D. S., and T. J. Robinson. 1986. Cytosystematics of the South African Aethomys (Rodentia: Muridae). South African Journal of Science, 21: 264 - 268." year="1986">Visser and Robinson, 1986</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="A82C8E001E2079FE075339A9988725AB" author="Visser, D. S. & T. J. Robinson" refId="ref373627" refString="Visser, D. S., and T. J. Robinson. 1987. Systematic implications of spermatozoan and bacular morphology for the South African Aethomys. Mammalia, 51: 447 - 454." year="1987">1987</bibRefCitation>
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); the two are claimed to be indistinguishable in external morphology. This other species has recently been identified as
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<taxonomicName id="2EC7FCD9039AF01258E508519FA0AAF1" baseAuthorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1908" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ineptus">
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<emphasis id="D4FBFED353310F50AB66A3E883F31C57" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">A. ineptus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, which, in addition to the traits listed above, can be distinguished by mtDNA cytochrome
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<emphasis id="DA6BA28FE661CF46C1108A09B5118AB5" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">b</emphasis>
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sequences (Linzey, et al., 2003).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7EE59D6F48894443D4C828231D2E22E5" pageNumber="1254">
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The two species were thought to be extensively sympatric in the Southern African Subregion (
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<bibRefCitation id="259650CBDE176D4DCE5C0CB2CCA817F1" author="Taylor, P. J." refId="ref348781" refString="Taylor, P. J. 2000 b. Patterns of chromosomal variation in southern African rodents. Journal of Mammalogy, 81: 317 - 331." year="2000">
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Taylor, 2000
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<emphasis id="231F4D260FE4C800961EACA2F780228D" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">b</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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), a conclusion based upon morphometric analyses of cytogenetically identified voucher specimens and material of unknown cytotypes (Chimimba, 1998;
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<bibRefCitation id="7B3562B1A43B777F86DA5BD682F5794F" author="Chimimba, C. T. & N. J. Dippenaar & T. J. Robinson" refId="ref61154" refString="Chimimba, C. T., N. J. Dippenaar, and T. J. Robinson. 1999. Morphometric and morphological delineation of southern African species of Aethomys (Rodentia: Muridae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 67: 501 - 527." year="1999">Chimimba et al., 1999</bibRefCitation>
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). Using positively identified specimens, however,
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<bibRefCitation id="D06CD57258229529F2EC384875B49CC0" author="Linzey, A. V. & M. H. Kesner & C. T. Chimimba & C. Newbery" refId="ref214418" refString="Linzey, A. V., M. H. Kesner, C. T. Chimimba, and C. Newbery. 2003. Distribution of veld rat sibling species Aethomys chrysophilus and Aethomys ineptus in southern Africa. African Zoology, 38 (1): 169 - 174." year="2003">Linzey et al. (2003)</bibRefCitation>
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provided an altered hypothesis of distributions that indicates their geographic ranges are mostly parapatric with a narrow zone of overlap and sympatry (a site in
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<collectingRegion id="CFCA2D257FFE691063ED35B2D7FBC733" country="South Africa" name="Limpopo">Limpopo Province</collectingRegion>
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of
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<collectingCountry id="F9232A2457DE2A93F6757FF300E86BA3" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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is the only confirmed record of syntopy) along lowlands of the
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<collectingRegion id="EA9CA3A2808FAAEA36AE9CFFCDC25924" country="South Africa" name="Limpopo">Limpopo</collectingRegion>
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River drainage in NE
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<collectingCountry id="DA161C4F4489C946862298D91B5AF346" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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.
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<taxonomicName id="B1B761E6323300B27F72FF3CB86BD820" baseAuthorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1908" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ineptus">
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<emphasis id="F6FAB02DE6E9116158AA13FB02E5070B" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">Aethomys ineptus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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occurs in the remainder of C, N, and E
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<collectingCountry id="E6C11AC67612136E48232F0BD7ACAFA2" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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(see that account), and of the two,
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<taxonomicName id="BAB21198A6FE586F379F5F7F00DB6631" baseAuthorityName="de Winton" baseAuthorityYear="1896" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chrysophilus">
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<emphasis id="48E56C92A14ABBF1EE11FCF9F3F23BA0" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">A. chrysophilus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is the only one to range extensively outside that country. Samples from NW
|
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<collectingCountry id="0136667EE5D1BEF4542FB9CE3C685123" name="Tanzania">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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have 2n = 50 and were identified as
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<taxonomicName id="6C5D6768BF40A7D968E9FE75B68B0F7E" authority="(Fadda et al., 2001 b)" baseAuthorityName="Fadda" baseAuthorityYear="2001" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chrysophilus">
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<emphasis id="A9A96BD78AB10DE357FC76029A914459" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">Aethomys</emphasis>
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cf.
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<emphasis id="02AF05A0F892075CFF236DBEB8CC2210" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">chrysophilus</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="20F6D0CD5D04465169AA22AAD90A2811" author="Fadda, C. & R. Castiglia & P. Colangelo & M. Corti & R. Machang'u & A. Scanzani & P. Tesha & W. Verheyen & E. Capanna" refId="ref97561" refString="Fadda, C., R. Castiglia, P. Colangelo, M. Corti, R. Machang'u, A. Scanzani, P. Tesha, W. Verheyen, and E. Capanna. 2001 b. The rodent fauna of Tanzania: A cytotaxonomic report from the Maasai Steppe (1999). Rendiconti Fisiche Accademia Lincei, ser. 9: 29 - 49." year="2001">
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Fadda et al., 2001
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<emphasis id="AD147E0632B4A2F0D0EBB090F6791D1E" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">b</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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, which is the same 2n characterizing southern African samples of
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<taxonomicName id="99BE194A276BD701901013CD4C0ED336" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chrysophilus">
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<emphasis id="50188FD3D86374A0A14343BA53CE7D9A" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">A. chrysophilus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
; 2n = 44 is diagnostic for
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||
<taxonomicName id="0DD26753045DDEE420C84CF75C0745D5" baseAuthorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1908" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ineptus">
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<emphasis id="CDC8D5F0025781C272B37E35FB1AF93B" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">A. ineptus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Chimimba, 1998;
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<bibRefCitation id="F17618521087CCFC0C9083F4FBA6BF9F" author="Chimimba, C. T. & N. J. Dippenaar & T. J. Robinson" refId="ref61154" refString="Chimimba, C. T., N. J. Dippenaar, and T. J. Robinson. 1999. Morphometric and morphological delineation of southern African species of Aethomys (Rodentia: Muridae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 67: 501 - 527." year="1999">Chimimba et al., 1999</bibRefCitation>
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). With the revised definition of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="764ADA5B820ADB065C73AD8CC555A11E" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chrysophilus">
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||
<emphasis id="CCDD2AD083C3418FD2CC767C582EC83B" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">A. chrysophilus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
offered by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="39B174E6BCDE59A78DC64AB5526CE901" author="Linzey, A. V. & M. H. Kesner & C. T. Chimimba & C. Newbery" refId="ref214418" refString="Linzey, A. V., M. H. Kesner, C. T. Chimimba, and C. Newbery. 2003. Distribution of veld rat sibling species Aethomys chrysophilus and Aethomys ineptus in southern Africa. African Zoology, 38 (1): 169 - 174." year="2003">Linzey et al. (2003)</bibRefCitation>
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, the intraspecific analysis of samples from southern Africa suggesting the presence of two subspecies (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="0DFEC10F1F1F31F5D809F46DFC217A76" author="Chimimba, C. T." refId="ref60843" refString="Chimimba, C. T. 2000. Geographic variation in Aethomys chrysophilus (Rodentia: Muridae) from southern Africa. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 65: 157 - 171." year="2000">Chimimba, 2000</bibRefCitation>
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) requires reevaluation.
|
||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="7F3E7FAAD72133644D773BE4EA2E63D1" pageNumber="1254">
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||
Recently,
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<bibRefCitation id="71BC52871CF56B068D1BBA19A8530E30" author="Castiglia, R. & M. Corti & P. Colangelo & F. Annesi & E. Capanna & W. Verheyen & A. M. Sichilima & R. Makundi" refId="ref54381" refString="Castiglia, R., M. Corti, P. Colangelo, F. Annesi, E. Capanna, W. Verheyen, A. M. Sichilima, and R. Makundi. 2003 b. Chromosomal and molecular characterization of Aethomys kaiseri from Zambia and Aethomys chrysophilus from Tanzania (Rodentia, Muridae). Hereditas, 139: 81 - 89." year="2003">
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Castiglia et al. (2003
|
||
<emphasis id="1C9E40B975AF5CCF15BED93D5AD3EA21" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">b</emphasis>
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||
)
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</bibRefCitation>
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characterized Tanzanian
|
||
<taxonomicName id="0E2CAB5F885CD766C2CDC000727BD579" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chrysophilus">
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<emphasis id="291B16E492A34F03671D4DCE045D04B7" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">A. chrysophilus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by chromosomal (C- and G-banding) and molecular traits (complete mtDNA cytochrome
|
||
<emphasis id="07E3BA80759C0855CE7880F635B6F7EE" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">b</emphasis>
|
||
sequence) and compared results with similar data for Zambian
|
||
<taxonomicName id="0C34772BCB4603680D630E9355E6967E" baseAuthorityName="Noack" baseAuthorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kaiseri">
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<emphasis id="8A399610F9CB23CE7E2DB3F3328D32D1" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">A. kaiseri</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The 2n = 50 shared by the two species also characterizes
|
||
<emphasis id="23662B2C09DB4DF60CFF1CAA2364505B" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="87BDDCDE92E0E0F0725D01544C315DF2" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1904" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bocagei">A. bocagei</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="64E89EA8C703C62C3BEDAE283306F9D4" author="Matthey, R." refId="ref231166" refString="Matthey, R. 1954. Nouvelles recherches sur les chromosomes des Muridae. Caryologia, 6: 1 - 44." year="1954">Matthey, 1954</bibRefCitation>
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||
;
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||
<bibRefCitation id="AF1A42B44FA89BFE63F8597134E93BD1" author="Visser, D. S. & T. J. Robinson" refId="ref373587" refString="Visser, D. S., and T. J. Robinson. 1986. Cytosystematics of the South African Aethomys (Rodentia: Muridae). South African Journal of Science, 21: 264 - 268." year="1986">Visser and Robinson, 1986</bibRefCitation>
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||
), and
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="11D637D54F49AC71D27E255F6F586933" author="Castiglia, R. & M. Corti & P. Colangelo & F. Annesi & E. Capanna & W. Verheyen & A. M. Sichilima & R. Makundi" refId="ref54381" refString="Castiglia, R., M. Corti, P. Colangelo, F. Annesi, E. Capanna, W. Verheyen, A. M. Sichilima, and R. Makundi. 2003 b. Chromosomal and molecular characterization of Aethomys kaiseri from Zambia and Aethomys chrysophilus from Tanzania (Rodentia, Muridae). Hereditas, 139: 81 - 89." year="2003">
|
||
Castiglia et al. (2003
|
||
<emphasis id="2A7087034A99E37183B52364E7D8FC31" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">b</emphasis>
|
||
:85)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
suggested this is "... the ancestral chromosomal number..." for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FD5110BDCE16D8DBE132493FA52FDAFF" baseAuthorityName="Chimimba and Dippenaar" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="1A9E971188DDF30569BF34E303A7961F" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">Aethomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Divergence between the two species from a common ancestor occurred 5-4 million years ago, as derived from the cytochrome
|
||
<emphasis id="1425DA06E9379A219530393EAD29C110" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">b</emphasis>
|
||
sequence analyses.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="F68EBBFD4A61D80BDEDA87675A534335" pageNumber="1254">
|
||
Non-geographic variation associated with sex and age in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="15E4F76C23E5F14593BBFCC457746279" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chrysophilus">
|
||
<emphasis id="4E9EE864C57981397F719C550774BE9D" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">A. chrysophilus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
reported by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7BC4E4A3A2F616A228EC50C3AD6F7083" author="Chimimba, C. T. & N. J. Dippenaar" refId="ref60950" refString="Chimimba, C. T., and N. J. Dippenaar. 1994. Non-geographic variation in Aethomys chrysophilus (De Winton, 1897) and A. namaquensis (A. Smith, 1834) (Rodentia: Muridae) from southern Africa. South African Journal of Zoology, 29 (2): 107 - 117." year="1994">Chimimba and Dippenaar (1994)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
. Several regional studies reported distributional, ecological, and taxonomic information for samples from Mt Kilimanjaro (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="001E9C1D6845926D42140DD8B56C4884" author="Grimshaw, J. & N. Cordeiro & C. Foley" refId="ref130064" refString="Grimshaw, J., N. Cordeiro and C. Foley. 1995. The mammals of Kilimanjaro. Journal of East African Natural History, 84: 105 - 139." year="1995">Grimshaw et al., 1995</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), Bazaruto Arch. off the coast of S
|
||
<collectingCountry id="FCB1724F34F38CE36A80A4BD1E5D78EB" name="Mozambique">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="0968EDCACA02E566345569BBF2DBDCA4" author="Downs, C. T. & J. O. Wirminghaus" refId="ref88437" refString="Downs, C. T., and J. O. Wirminghaus. 1997. The terrestrial vertebrates of the Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique: A biogeographical perspective. Journal of Biogeography, 24: 591 - 602." year="1997">Downs and Wirminghaus, 1997</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), and the Southern African Subregion (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B7294F5F7FB7009D37EA782213E5726E" author="de Graaff, G." refId="ref78687" refString="de Graaff, G. 1997 y. Red veld rat, Aethomys chrysophilus. P. 150, in The complete book of southern African mammals (G. Mills and L. Hes, eds.). Struik Winchester, Capetown, 356 pp." year="1997">
|
||
de Graaff, 1997
|
||
<emphasis id="F9DEFF5CB982F18EC6EEF41DD936D273" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">y</emphasis>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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