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<emphasis id="E1CAD9A12ABFC0F8A26A989EBDFF0BFD" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">Aethomys chrysophilus</emphasis>
(de Winton 1896)
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<emphasis id="C659ADBA3641E84BAF0EE5873BB13F9A" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">[Aethomys] chrysophilus</emphasis>
(de Winton 1896)
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="DCA0150B2F565DA9534D224082B6572C" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1254">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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E
<collectingCountry id="E664B8A00002D0B99B24B91758C83AA8" name="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
,
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, Mazoe (see Chimimba, 1998:430).
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<emphasis id="5D30CBC00ED9A2546718697C91E9A760" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1254">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="7B10241E751C922F3430DDB282496B2E" language="eng" pageNumber="1254">Red Veld Aethomys</vernacularName>
.
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<emphasis id="D468CFBFC177EA4BCDD23FCDC1836141" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1254">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="04233AA17FA2A9F5542A283AE56F8924" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">Aethomys acticola</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
;
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<emphasis id="16FFA312A149A5A7E6656CABE215A6E7" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">Aethomys imago</emphasis>
<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>
</taxonomicName>
;
<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">
<emphasis id="62ED81DB34CDE75664F5E61D202692EB" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">Aethomys singidae</emphasis>
Kershaw 1923
</taxonomicName>
;
<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">
<emphasis id="260F9394B53089595E76D2BED00925D1" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">Aethomys voi</emphasis>
<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>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="095CF69821DC1A973D5BB7084FD9A823" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1254">Distribution:</emphasis>
From SE
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south through
<collectingCountry id="CB0D68F5D8FE91FF68F9329D33F47BAD" name="Tanzania">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="28AE667BA593D6808E649A99F637F21C" name="Malawi">Malawi</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="79EDD8C2432613887B203C0E03BB18C4" author="Denys, C. &amp; W. Chitaukali &amp; J. K. Mfune &amp; M. Combrexelle &amp; 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>
),
<collectingCountry id="464AAD6138E629E8CACA4AE59E6EBE92" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
, S
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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>
), N
<collectingCountry id="75F185C00C97F646BC7B3DB9F2ACDFF6" name="Namibia">Namibia</collectingCountry>
, N and E
<collectingCountry id="D808603AD3C974F470BB4404AC684B6B" name="Botswana">Botswana</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F2DDDD04E263C6C1DD015AD2D2BA2744" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="857397F20B234209FB289CC39AFDA334" name="Mozambique">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
, and NE
<collectingCountry id="D2C370A3365622A2695972F599C8CF32" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
in a narrow band bordering
<collectingCountry id="F4B4FF8D182BDD176820ADC4C2A460D9" name="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="15D5B27A99DFD02E1B82F2B57B51D502" name="Botswana">Botswana</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="2D58F9B278B81AED91B5115251979D6F" name="Mozambique">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
, generally the course of the Limpopo River; range abstracted from
<bibRefCitation id="211B184F9C48F88B499EFB636AE36495" author="Linzey, A. V. &amp; M. H. Kesner &amp; C. T. Chimimba &amp; 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>
.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="84291F9D493C7CE18694352AF026E63F" pageNumber="1254" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="939900890B624B5941A562C96A7FA5E2" pageNumber="1254">
<emphasis id="710C7AD1C2A3C3FB1E443D32420E35F9" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1254">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="E8E6C5B64DF0F45C2C446B5616CABB0C">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="3911D09A989BFA397491FFA86FE3C0C3" pageNumber="1254" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="7B69F7A8600CED0CA76E69D7150FCF8E" pageNumber="1254">
<emphasis id="D52A7D91F5C44016F6214CAC785635D3" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1254">Discussion:</emphasis>
<paragraph id="F05C8B30D125F0C43BB0A007A028124F" pageNumber="1254">
Previously, data from chromosomes, hemoglobin electromorph mobility and banding patterns, and spermatozoal and bacular morphologies indicated that populations traditionally identified as
<taxonomicName id="DA55E6CF38C213F22E5E3B0DECA72A78" baseAuthorityName="de Winton" baseAuthorityYear="1896" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chrysophilus">
<emphasis id="9C98A8741F2DC5ACB69C6B246FE80DEA" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">A. chrysophilus</emphasis>
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in southern Africa consisted of two groups:
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<emphasis id="D4861D027D2F03A8D7FF78BB4DC5618F" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">chrysophilus</emphasis>
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and another species unidentified by scientific name (
<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">
Breed, 1995
<emphasis id="6C422D412A9129634530271DFCA9754E" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="5BEC8479B708C8318A6D228EDD166333" author="Breed, W. G. &amp; G. A. Cox &amp; C. M. Leigh &amp; 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>
;
<bibRefCitation id="5F7F98CCC6F123B1944AD0A1341CCC9D" author="Gordon, D. H. &amp; 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>
;
<bibRefCitation id="511654849187A8C70658F078707C5E01" author="Gordon, D. H. &amp; 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>
;
<bibRefCitation id="BFDD7F1DA02506D5549933FF6FF0C6CF" author="Visser, D. S. &amp; 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>
,
<bibRefCitation id="A82C8E001E2079FE075339A9988725AB" author="Visser, D. S. &amp; 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>
); the two are claimed to be indistinguishable in external morphology. This other species has recently been identified as
<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">
<emphasis id="D4FBFED353310F50AB66A3E883F31C57" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">A. ineptus</emphasis>
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, which, in addition to the traits listed above, can be distinguished by mtDNA cytochrome
<emphasis id="DA6BA28FE661CF46C1108A09B5118AB5" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">b</emphasis>
sequences (Linzey, et al., 2003).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7EE59D6F48894443D4C828231D2E22E5" pageNumber="1254">
The two species were thought to be extensively sympatric in the Southern African Subregion (
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Taylor, 2000
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), a conclusion based upon morphometric analyses of cytogenetically identified voucher specimens and material of unknown cytotypes (Chimimba, 1998;
<bibRefCitation id="7B3562B1A43B777F86DA5BD682F5794F" author="Chimimba, C. T. &amp; N. J. Dippenaar &amp; 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>
). Using positively identified specimens, however,
<bibRefCitation id="D06CD57258229529F2EC384875B49CC0" author="Linzey, A. V. &amp; M. H. Kesner &amp; C. T. Chimimba &amp; 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>
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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of
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is the only confirmed record of syntopy) along lowlands of the
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River drainage in NE
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.
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occurs in the remainder of C, N, and E
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(see that account), and of the two,
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<emphasis id="48E56C92A14ABBF1EE11FCF9F3F23BA0" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">A. chrysophilus</emphasis>
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is the only one to range extensively outside that country. Samples from NW
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have 2n = 50 and were identified as
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<emphasis id="A9A96BD78AB10DE357FC76029A914459" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">Aethomys</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="02AF05A0F892075CFF236DBEB8CC2210" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">chrysophilus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="20F6D0CD5D04465169AA22AAD90A2811" author="Fadda, C. &amp; R. Castiglia &amp; P. Colangelo &amp; M. Corti &amp; R. Machang'u &amp; A. Scanzani &amp; P. Tesha &amp; W. Verheyen &amp; 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">
Fadda et al., 2001
<emphasis id="AD147E0632B4A2F0D0EBB090F6791D1E" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">b</emphasis>
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)
</taxonomicName>
, which is the same 2n characterizing southern African samples of
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<emphasis id="50188FD3D86374A0A14343BA53CE7D9A" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">A. chrysophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 2n = 44 is diagnostic for
<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">
<emphasis id="CDC8D5F0025781C272B37E35FB1AF93B" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">A. ineptus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Chimimba, 1998;
<bibRefCitation id="F17618521087CCFC0C9083F4FBA6BF9F" author="Chimimba, C. T. &amp; N. J. Dippenaar &amp; 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>
). With the revised definition of
<taxonomicName id="764ADA5B820ADB065C73AD8CC555A11E" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Aethomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chrysophilus">
<emphasis id="CCDD2AD083C3418FD2CC767C582EC83B" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">A. chrysophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
offered by
<bibRefCitation id="39B174E6BCDE59A78DC64AB5526CE901" author="Linzey, A. V. &amp; M. H. Kesner &amp; C. T. Chimimba &amp; 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>
, 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>
) requires reevaluation.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7F3E7FAAD72133644D773BE4EA2E63D1" pageNumber="1254">
Recently,
<bibRefCitation id="71BC52871CF56B068D1BBA19A8530E30" author="Castiglia, R. &amp; M. Corti &amp; P. Colangelo &amp; F. Annesi &amp; E. Capanna &amp; W. Verheyen &amp; A. M. Sichilima &amp; 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="1C9E40B975AF5CCF15BED93D5AD3EA21" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">b</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
characterized Tanzanian
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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">
<emphasis id="8A399610F9CB23CE7E2DB3F3328D32D1" italics="true" pageNumber="1254">A. kaiseri</emphasis>
</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>
;
<bibRefCitation id="AF1A42B44FA89BFE63F8597134E93BD1" author="Visser, D. S. &amp; 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>
), and
<bibRefCitation id="11D637D54F49AC71D27E255F6F586933" author="Castiglia, R. &amp; M. Corti &amp; P. Colangelo &amp; F. Annesi &amp; E. Capanna &amp; W. Verheyen &amp; A. M. Sichilima &amp; 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 &quot;... the ancestral chromosomal number...&quot; for
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<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. &amp; 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. &amp; N. Cordeiro &amp; 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. &amp; 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>
</treatment>
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