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<taxonomicName id="AC7284091C41F2218AC4533040BBE479" ID-CoL="7QBD2" authority="(E. Geoffroy 1803)" baseAuthorityName="E. Geoffroy" baseAuthorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cahirinus" subGenus="Acomys">
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<emphasis id="ECB31D62533EF9DBBE046EF3B4C9C9CD" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">Acomys (Acomys) cahirinus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="EC22E8F4307823AE5FAB78C1D44FB880" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">[Acomys (Acomys)] cahirinus</emphasis>
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(E.
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<bibRefCitation id="0AECDF8A890A07C3FCEF08760C4F057B" author="Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E." refId="ref118357" refString="Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. 1803. Catalogue des mammiferes du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 272 pp." year="1803">Geoffroy 1803</bibRefCitation>
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)
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,
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<bibCitation id="20C829636A93E0AC0190772DB870660C" author="E. Geoffroy" pageNumber="1193" pagination="195" title="[Acomys (Acomys)] cahirinus" volumeTitle="Cat. Mamm. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Paris" year="1803">
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Cat. Mamm.
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<taxonomicName id="EA5CEC06BBFFA6B051257411DCBC971D" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Mus</taxonomicName>
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. Natl. Hist. Nat., Paris: 195
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</bibCitation>
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</treatmentCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="72BC4169D2F39EF69C8573A9A9C84221" pageNumber="1193" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="9AB0BF9963617E5F785CEA220EF363D2" pageNumber="1193">
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<emphasis id="ED706C5E817FFB263C69C67F96E19988" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1193">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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<materialsCitation id="93736BAA50AEB26873BFA11798F4CC42" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4867324653" country="Egypt" pageNumber="1193" stateProvince="Al Qahirah">
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<collectingCountry id="DB9D687291ABD34B27DC4AC27F7BE4A4" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
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,
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.
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<paragraph id="D138CC9C49D4E2099C43D7AC1A5006B5" pageNumber="1193">
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<emphasis id="20702E43C73CFCC33F7CF2D4E7908F69" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1193">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
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<collectingRegion id="F7B0A16D95F961EBF12846496F324458" country="Botswana" name="North East">Northeast</collectingRegion>
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African Spiny Mouse
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</vernacularName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="AA3460D30303947880A6F51129D2BF63" pageNumber="1193" type="synonym_list">
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<paragraph id="3617CE9A58A2A05E31DB20CEF1CFB0B0" pageNumber="1193">
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<emphasis id="EC436250ECA3A4083D478635D52EB4DA" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1193">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="462F34E7B4977090DB8FF364F90A3900" authority="(Heuglin 1877)" baseAuthorityName="Heuglin" baseAuthorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albigena" subGenus="Acomys">
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<emphasis id="4638CE029FB29ED7ECF1D458B69C5EDF" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">Acomys (Acomys) albigena</emphasis>
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(Heuglin 1877)
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</taxonomicName>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="3259AAEA5031BFFE0DE71333CA9CBB87" authority="Osborn 1980" authorityName="Osborn" authorityYear="1980" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="helmyi" subGenus="Acomys">
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<emphasis id="7D37D21332564BE961F96D0400D2CD73" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">Acomys (Acomys) helmyi</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="15AE20944F280F47B3D8B7429B97A3E8" author="Osborn, D. J. & I. Helmy" refId="ref268547" refString="Osborn, D. J., and I. Helmy. 1980. The contemporary land mammals of Egypt (including Sinai). Fieldiana: Zoology, 5: 1 - 579." year="1980">Osborn 1980</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="628130F18F3FEE9AF2489C2C38C52890" authority="De Winton 1901" authorityName="De Winton" authorityYear="1901" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hunteri" subGenus="Acomys">
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<emphasis id="46F906FD64B566D0EB02DC1F6D51DA05" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">Acomys (Acomys) hunteri</emphasis>
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De Winton 1901
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</taxonomicName>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="E8275BCC5A022532619B12D73822F821" authority="Setzer 1959" authorityName="Setzer" authorityYear="1959" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="megalodus" subGenus="Acomys">
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<emphasis id="FA223CEB4142A9BE2A052C18F894364F" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">Acomys (Acomys) megalodus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="E8816AB9537BB6F979F2E1BBE55C4428" author="Setzer, H. W." refId="ref324081" refString="Setzer, H. W. 1959. The spiny mice (Acomys) of Egypt. Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association, 34 (3): 93 - 101." year="1959">Setzer 1959</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="CF803BDFB5172FAD58F7895B0C00FE12" authority="(Heuglin 1877)" baseAuthorityName="Heuglin" baseAuthorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nubicus" subGenus="Acomys">
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<emphasis id="3CDCA410AEEFAD9D09E7FC3B4A651E7A" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">Acomys (Acomys) nubicus</emphasis>
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(Heuglin 1877)
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</taxonomicName>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="72A4E9A93622821B63B3CA7D47EAD1E1" authority="Kershaw 1922" authorityName="Kershaw" authorityYear="1922" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sabryi" subGenus="Acomys">
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<emphasis id="CAB0F4ED36454D427B8D22461B542BA3" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">Acomys (Acomys) sabryi</emphasis>
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Kershaw 1922
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</taxonomicName>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="B9E9E496AC2C21B8BAB0654A175B4730" authority="Thomas 1902" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viator" subGenus="Acomys">
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<emphasis id="AAA77D937A6178B6E3770C26285403A9" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">Acomys (Acomys) viator</emphasis>
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Thomas 1902
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="3EA4444F6BC40076688BF10C536279F4" pageNumber="1193" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="6EB238D126D0A58A60D956EE8579E357" pageNumber="1193">
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<emphasis id="FEC4596CBBB5FDBD96F96559E754F1A7" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1193">Distribution:</emphasis>
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NE Africa:
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<collectingCountry id="A3F6FABE2CF80F504A6AE6E4BD0478D7" name="Libya">Libya</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="C4198529EAF7FAED36E6F065477E4AB4" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="E7A745171A9B77B6A409A76156CDC687" author="Osborn, D. J. & I. Helmy" refId="ref268547" refString="Osborn, D. J., and I. Helmy. 1980. The contemporary land mammals of Egypt (including Sinai). Fieldiana: Zoology, 5: 1 - 579." year="1980">Osborn and Helmy, 1980</bibRefCitation>
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),
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<collectingRegion id="9CBA2482A9DA23ADB587932C5804FB58" country="Egypt" name="Shamal Sina'">Sinai Peninsula</collectingRegion>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="4D05D7C0450170B60A8EF4C289856757" author="Saleh, M. A. & M. I. Basuony" refId="ref315239" refString="Saleh, M. A., and M. I. Basuony. 1998. A contribution to the mammalogy of the Sinai Peninsula. Mammalia, 62 (4): 557 - 575." year="1998">Saleh and Basuony, 1998</bibRefCitation>
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), N
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<collectingCountry id="62189AFA1550B5D2D95B198B56C19586" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="CEE15FF6FED5F0ABDF9F47F1C4DB02AF" name="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
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(identified by chromosomal traits; Sokolov et al., 1992, 1993), and
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<collectingCountry id="A21D3E349235B4A37D0ED8ED8DD5CF82" name="Djibouti">Djibouti</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="315BE1DF47C6A61A6D7B240FF224952A" author="Pearch, M. J. & P. J. J. Bates & C. Magin" refId="ref278354" refString="Pearch, M. J., P. J. J. Bates, and C. Magin. 2001. A review of the small mammal fauna of Djibouti and the results of a recent survey. Mammalia, 65: 387 - 409." year="2001">Pearch et al., 2001</bibRefCitation>
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); see Bates (1994); W and S distributional limits unresolved.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="554F54575352494B5744500460E03FDE" pageNumber="1193" type="conservation">
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<paragraph id="EFA4FD8FFCC6AABA5752E567010AC4FD" pageNumber="1193">
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<emphasis id="6676CAD89E850B00E3C6557F86B3FCA2" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1193">Conservation:</emphasis>
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<collectionCode id="94AF7D69F3A81A492E44BDDA37CF3180">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="0FEEADCAB5AEDD07A4E2DD487D77EDE8" pageNumber="1193" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="E4CCF70D806B98BF26944AB63758F261" pageNumber="1193">
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<emphasis id="AE7A692D2A94D33174EF3C384A83C057" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1193">Discussion:</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="AC1544BC95DE4E5B8A3A960A20BFC4A3" pageNumber="1193">
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Subgenus
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<taxonomicName id="FB6C7334276652BC55BB0AF5E0AB63CF" authorityName="I. Geoffroy" authorityYear="1838" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="CCC3E29E615238C90012E6E5944049B0" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">Acomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<bibRefCitation id="A361F399DFC39C1A4385C9CB601F6D2F" author="Musser, G. G. & M. D. Carleton" refId="ref252333" refString="Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501 - 755, in: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., xviii + 1206 pp." year="1993">Musser and Carleton (1993)</bibRefCitation>
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presented a broad definition of
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<taxonomicName id="B1A679D6CD7DF59707A9FFE5413AA175" baseAuthorityName="E. Geoffroy" baseAuthorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cahirinus">
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<emphasis id="55ED64AEE5DD1A1E714B5CDC8BD8428D" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. cahirinus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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that included some of the species listed here (
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<taxonomicName id="AB94DA26B004F8A0B5E4D640AD65147E" authorityName="Thomas and Hinton" authorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="airensis">
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<emphasis id="4C22202CF81B97133E827A5F06DBD227" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">airensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="8C29E6158400D6364974D61E6BEFA201" authorityName="Kollman" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chudeaui">
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<emphasis id="3DC6A89561CA4C9EF396F2C20F28CFFA" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">chudeaui</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="788CA18193CF37D03479FD9D767FC81E" baseAuthorityName="Setzer" baseAuthorityYear="1975" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dimidiatus">
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<emphasis id="1ECDCCD12F807F3B6071F4C396209CE7" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">dimidiatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and its synonyms,
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<taxonomicName id="723152976A8F92BEF12D991335FBAC1A" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1912" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="johannis">
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<emphasis id="BD266BEB2180409D93E1B0E3578A93F0" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">johannis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="11352C140E629C761D15F05A14150E46" authorityName="Heim de Balsac" authorityYear="1936" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="seurati">
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<emphasis id="F598C1A9C8E2FB284B6418947BAA440E" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">seurati</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) and had a geographic range extending from NW Africa to S
|
||
<collectingCountry id="370F6ADF31AE6960391B621CCAA9FB0E" name="Pakistan">Pakistan</collectingCountry>
|
||
(as mapped by Bates, 1994, who followed
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="5CA9D4207043C6446F83728A300512E7" author="Musser, G. G. & M. D. Carleton" refId="ref252333" refString="Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501 - 755, in: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., xviii + 1206 pp." year="1993">Musser and Carleton, 1993</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). A growing body of published research, mostly by French scientists, has rendered Musser and Carleton’s view simplistic and an underestimate of the actual number of species. As currently understood, the geographic distribution of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="39BA9CACE7944D9F6A41103958FFDA83" baseAuthorityName="E. Geoffroy" baseAuthorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cahirinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="392FAEC41C55080B1725AA8FD8096965" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. cahirinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
centers in NE Africa, and the species is distinguished from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="BBE8CC6743FC98124BDE56A0721855DD" authorityName="Thomas and Hinton" authorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="airensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="23808B9C9A3F11DF65959FD05CB34D7F" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. airensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C7A4613E79FD546AF70AC599B8EF8228" authorityName="Kollman" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chudeaui">
|
||
<emphasis id="DA6447935FF98B0FE653F40D71E9CF5D" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. chudeaui</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A1DFF0E6042E953157185751442C946E" baseAuthorityName="Setzer" baseAuthorityYear="1975" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dimidiatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="AFEFF280F86A6C7C385793AFC88FD585" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. dimidiatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F8FD2508219D5CBC836E2BBFC6575223" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1912" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="johannis">
|
||
<emphasis id="07B950E00644C626A393709265CE5556" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. johannis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3EC127ADC3463F8DB7B31099A7FF01D4" authorityName="Heim de Balsac" authorityYear="1936" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="seurati">
|
||
<emphasis id="D0D1C6AA58A368BBB2795E1F80BE6C4E" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. seurati</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by dental characters (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="0C3BDF99C090F7990342EE1437ABE17F" author="Denys, C. & J. - C. Gautun & M. Tranier & V. Volobouev" refId="ref82313" refString="Denys, C., J. - C. Gautun, M. Tranier, and V. Volobouev. 1994. Evolution of the genus Acomys (Rodentia, Muridae) from dental and chromosomal patterns. Israel Journal of Zoology, 40: 215 - 246." year="1994">Denys et al., 1994</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), chromosomal traits (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="5F5E33BED61A1D6A2B3D437B2219266C" author="Volobouev, V. T. & M. Tranier & B. Dutrillaux" refId="ref375905" refString="Volobouev, V. T., M. Tranier, and B. Dutrillaux. 1991. Chromosome evolution in the genus Acomys: Chromosome banding analysis of Acomys cf. dimidiatus (Rodentia, Muridae). Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 42: 253 - 260." year="1991">Volobouev et al., 1991</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, 1996, 2002
|
||
<emphasis id="FDE1B7FC6AD81460DC165C7C1F04410C" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">b</emphasis>
|
||
; 2n = 36 for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="230E9D0C19E4EAB6CEC8370CFEAD4E97" baseAuthorityName="E. Geoffroy" baseAuthorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cahirinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="456179F9CA93261B13B969F03BB48336" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. cahirinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, 2n from 38 to 68 for the other species), and mtDNA cytochrome
|
||
<emphasis id="1BE2119B61BAB2A5FF5B08B1A9F76A90" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">b</emphasis>
|
||
sequences (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="E903B573FAFF14479ADB90DE2721AE1F" author="Barome, P. - O. & M. Monnerot & J. - C. Gautun" refId="ref21081" refString="Barome, P. - O., M. Monnerot, and J. - C. Gautun. 2000. Phylogeny of the genus Acomys (Rodentia, Muridae) based on the cytochrome b mitochondrial gene: Implications on taxonomy and phylogeography. Mammalia, 64 (4): 423 - 438." year="2000">Barome et al., 2000</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="C8BB54A75B3153635536E8F7C8FBECEF" author="Barome, P. - O. & P. Lymberakis & M. Monnerot & J. - C. Gautun" refId="ref21138" refString="Barome, P. - O., P. Lymberakis, M. Monnerot, and J. - C. Gautun. 2001 a. Cytochrome b sequences reveal Acomys minous (Rodentia, Muridae) paraphyly and answer the question about the ancestral karyotype of Acomys dimidiatus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 18 (1): 37 - 46." year="2001">
|
||
2001
|
||
<emphasis id="4AC5494A2BAE5A91CA2C66B3D33306E9" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">a</emphasis>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="BDF219706FBCE91205087C3DE6BE8BB2" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">b</emphasis>
|
||
); see accounts of those species.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="2363FB7134FAFBCDCAB7854F0F540358" pageNumber="1193">
|
||
Morphological and geographic definition of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="728AE569FA7DC21262C592985B1D93A5" baseAuthorityName="E. Geoffroy" baseAuthorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cahirinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="BF8D81B145DB87716A3AF121C8DA7FC1" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. cahirinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
remains incomplete; some of the taxa listed here as synonyms may belong to other species.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="7A3A7735047A803C7A95B7AC8854F798" author="El Ashmawy, S. H." refId="ref92446" refString="El Ashmawy, S. H. 1990. Karyotype of two Egyptian biotypes of spiny mice Acomys cahirinus and their hybrids. Egyptian Journal of Cytology, 19: 189 - 194." year="1990">El Ashmawy (1990)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, for example, documented different G- and C-banding patterns in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="462AB8C981E19962DC5BA5AC503833E4" baseAuthorityName="E. Geoffroy" baseAuthorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cahirinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="6A037A93C4330A1A2D8342497F316E7F" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">cahirinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A7CBAEEC60D9EEAC12C4330E1E29C47C" authorityName="De Winton" authorityYear="1901" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hunteri">
|
||
<emphasis id="FDDCF7970075A1B56F6261513510309B" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">hunteri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="191A1A131599AEB46E6166CD114FEAB6" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EA0A3031AF248D074AEE3EB99C7FC32A" author="Osborn, D. J. & I. Helmy" refId="ref268547" refString="Osborn, D. J., and I. Helmy. 1980. The contemporary land mammals of Egypt (including Sinai). Fieldiana: Zoology, 5: 1 - 579." year="1980">Osborn and Helmy (1980)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, however, noted the ample evidence of intergradation between
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1F6BCDFFB7AE7901E5273A7D0431DE0F" authorityName="De Winton" authorityYear="1901" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hunteri">
|
||
<emphasis id="A9B3CD05015E09CD177C92C110357706" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">hunteri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(described from NE
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6EBA5D4171F94C83641F0A61A23E35B1" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
|
||
) and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5475990C86A5AEDBF8621CBCBC7F0B53" baseAuthorityName="E. Geoffroy" baseAuthorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cahirinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="735581CEEB6CB99DBFA198F04E662E19" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">cahirinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
but no indication that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3AAB3EF26F78A20BB86F104E4E869276" authorityName="De Winton" authorityYear="1901" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hunteri">
|
||
<emphasis id="F368329141B7F84339CD89225509F3AF" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">hunteri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
intergrades with the more southern
|
||
<taxonomicName id="69F5D0DB9D02E0E87429EC59C16E6B0C" authorityName="Heuglin" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cineraceus">
|
||
<emphasis id="C5A59DDDCC25C25DEAAA82B6434D2CC4" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">cineraceus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. We provisionally include
|
||
<taxonomicName id="26E7BB9BF963EB90EB9AE93D6C4A2013" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viator">
|
||
<emphasis id="6A6E6B3AC903C9847066C684AD31D09C" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">viator</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(type locality
|
||
<collectionCode id="B0056453C64105E82E91452B8E55942C">NC</collectionCode>
|
||
<collectingCountry id="B9F6EABBCD67908C7861FEE4D1D870C1" name="Libya">Libya</collectingCountry>
|
||
) in the synonymy of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="2C7A4CECFA5CC73D0875BB8C7785969F" baseAuthorityName="E. Geoffroy" baseAuthorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cahirinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="5EDDC17CF274AB625A28A390EBE3E8E8" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. cahirinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="DC5640C90B9B1B9DCA1BBE12851FBA68" author="Osborn, D. J. & I. Helmy" refId="ref268547" refString="Osborn, D. J., and I. Helmy. 1980. The contemporary land mammals of Egypt (including Sinai). Fieldiana: Zoology, 5: 1 - 579." year="1980">Osborn and Helmy (1980)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
recorded smaller measurements for that form in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="55B5785A1E06EF1FA538CE6BAA77E4CD" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
|
||
(occurs only in extreme SW corner of the country) compared with all the other samples of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FB5DE295D5495F88B8EF36F164F03075" baseAuthorityName="E. Geoffroy" baseAuthorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cahirinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="00956C6DCA51BB6248834DC9BE3E9767" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. cahirinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="5C136BE2F5AEDF389B2E1A9CABF66326" author="Denys, C. & J. - C. Gautun & M. Tranier & V. Volobouev" refId="ref82313" refString="Denys, C., J. - C. Gautun, M. Tranier, and V. Volobouev. 1994. Evolution of the genus Acomys (Rodentia, Muridae) from dental and chromosomal patterns. Israel Journal of Zoology, 40: 215 - 246." year="1994">Denys et al. (1994)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
described the molar morphology of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B0D27EB1EF0AB48B73879A4F96E3DF79" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viator">
|
||
<emphasis id="6AE524E191635F25ABA6FA72CA632AF5" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">viator</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as distinct from that of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5C27EAC36B2E5C6B6050B4F2F4DEC5ED" baseAuthorityName="E. Geoffroy" baseAuthorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cahirinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="DB2109A8490F0B4478368D66EFB46F0F" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. cahirinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="40FA04D83AB7E9B3B434E500B0B90BF2" author="Ranck, G. L." refId="ref297223" refString="Ranck, G. L. 1968. The rodents of Libya: Taxonomy, ecology, and zoogeographical relationships. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 275: 1 - 264." year="1968">Ranck (1968)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
provided detailed descriptions of pelage and habitat for samples from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="EF6DE66B735BA0ECC7BE2502DA371426" name="Libya">Libya</collectingCountry>
|
||
that he assigned to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F1CB832927A48F86A05C218D1861853F" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viator">
|
||
<emphasis id="5229FB0620E263179800B95E3EB4EA35" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">viator</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Whether the latter represents the easternmost segment of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A82644EB647FDF28B4BF2DFFC2C3BA3C" baseAuthorityName="E. Geoffroy" baseAuthorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cahirinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="19855599BB91DB738FFAB4E4DA8730B9" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. cahirinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, is a separate species, or a population of some other
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4BB8B30F13A29F469DE4B6991B68F666" authorityName="I. Geoffroy" authorityYear="1838" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="8A9A7CDBC95C85A0D14E8C9EFE1DCADA" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">Acomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(the Algerian
|
||
<taxonomicName id="94BEAD37C68B1D7F3130C5118A0CA1F6" authorityName="Heim de Balsac" authorityYear="1936" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="seurati">
|
||
<emphasis id="F6D9C0A78FF155036F44AB15DD426E46" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">seurati</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, for example) will have to be determined by cytogenetic, molecular, and additional morphological inquiries.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D7E66C6D1A2C472C80626530201C745A" pageNumber="1193">
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="DB8867C0990634028E729020B1F9E691" author="Setzer, H. W." refId="ref324081" refString="Setzer, H. W. 1959. The spiny mice (Acomys) of Egypt. Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association, 34 (3): 93 - 101." year="1959">Setzer (1959:95)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
claimed melanistic
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E5E0A77057174D95ED30C6476F123738" baseAuthorityName="E. Geoffroy" baseAuthorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cahirinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7F1E39FBF45E5350451939FA45D287BA" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. cahirinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
to be "almost exclusively commensal" or, if not actually caught in houses, collected in cultivated fields adjacent to villages.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="237FC8CB9C49C4C48F477C0CA9BC2436" author="Osborn, D. J. & I. Helmy" refId="ref268547" refString="Osborn, D. J., and I. Helmy. 1980. The contemporary land mammals of Egypt (including Sinai). Fieldiana: Zoology, 5: 1 - 579." year="1980">Osborn and Helmy (1980:298)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
noted that melanism is common in the Egyptian population "because it is the commonest mouse in buildings and houses. Some have been taken in gardens, date groves, and rocky hills and cliffs bordering the Nile Delta and Valley." The rat is also numerous in tombs and temples where the melanism becomes diluted
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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