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by 21 species plus one extinct species (
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Everson
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. 2016
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;
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;
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Jenkins
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. 2022
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) but suspected to include cryptic species that are in the process of investigation (
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Olson
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; S.M. Goodman and L.E. Olson, pers. comm.). Most of the subfossil material of
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examined by Major was identified only to the generic level; however it is evident from some of his handwritten label names that he potentially recognised two or more different species. The current study confirmed the presence of two species of
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,
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, among the subfossils in the Children’s Cave. Both species are listed as of Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (
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Stephenson
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. 2016
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).
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<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFE7FFE7B08CF9FFFF72F9C1" bold="true" box="[160,253,1612,1635]" pageId="17" pageNumber="813">Figure 8.</emphasis>
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Lingual view of right mandibular rami of
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NHMUK PV M
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106525 ramus with i2, c–m3, note caniniform p2; c:
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NHMUK PV M
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106705 with p2–m3; d:
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NHMUK PV M
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<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFE4FFE4B434FE17FB0CFE1F" box="[1048,1155,420,445]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="814">Microgale</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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found as subfossils in the Children’s Cave is clearly shown in
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<tableCitation id="C6A7036BFFE4FFE4B375FE75FC23FE7D" box="[857,940,454,479]" captionStart="Table 4" captionStartId="18.[160,216,1309,1332]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="Table 4. Comparative measurements of the mandible of modern and Children’s Cave subfossil species of Microgale in millimetres. Range: minimum and maximum values, mean = average value, N = number of specimens measured. MH: mandible height; ARL: ascending ramus length." pageId="18" pageNumber="814">Table 4</tableCitation>
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and
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<figureCitation id="131E2A55FFE4FFE4B3CBFE75FBCBFE7D" box="[999,1092,454,479]" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="19.[160,225,827,850]" captionTargetBox="[166,1150,145,793]" captionTargetId="figure-253@19.[163,1153,142,796]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="Figure 9. Differences in mandible size between the two subfossil species of Microgale recovered from Children’s Cave. Measurements in millimetres. ARL: ascending ramus length; MH: mandible height." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13219791" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13219791/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="814">Figure 9</figureCitation>
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, with
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<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFE4FFE4B08CFE5AFE87FDA0" box="[160,264,489,514]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="814">M. pusilla</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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being noticeably smaller than
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C254D53FFE4FFE4B24AFE5AFD59FDA0" ID-CoL="42WJ5" box="[614,726,489,514]" class="Mammalia" family="Tenrecidae" genus="Microgale" kingdom="Animalia" order="Afrosoricida" pageId="18" pageNumber="814" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cowani">
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<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFE4FFE4B24AFE5AFD59FDA0" box="[614,726,489,514]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="814">M. cowani</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C33F655BFFE4FFE4B0ECFDBFFC9EFC98" pageId="18" pageNumber="814" type="description">
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<paragraph id="8B9A36D0FFE4FFE4B0ECFDBFFC9EFC98" blockId="18.[160,1156,142,826]" pageId="18" pageNumber="814">
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The dentition of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C254D53FFE4FFE4B150FDBFFE6BFD87" box="[380,484,524,549]" class="Mammalia" family="Tenrecidae" genus="Microgale" kingdom="Animalia" order="Afrosoricida" pageId="18" pageNumber="814" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusilla">
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||
<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFE4FFE4B150FDBFFE6BFD87" box="[380,484,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="814">M. pusilla</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
is markedly smaller than that of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C254D53FFE4FFE4B37AFDBFFC49FD87" box="[854,966,524,549]" class="Mammalia" family="Tenrecidae" genus="Microgale" kingdom="Animalia" order="Afrosoricida" pageId="18" pageNumber="814" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cowani">
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||
<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFE4FFE4B37AFDBFFC49FD87" box="[854,966,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="814">M. cowani</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. In
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C254D53FFE4FFE4B3C3FDBFFBD8FD87" box="[1007,1111,524,549]" class="Mammalia" family="Tenrecidae" genus="Microgale" kingdom="Animalia" order="Afrosoricida" pageId="18" pageNumber="814" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusilla">
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||
<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFE4FFE4B3C3FDBFFBD8FD87" box="[1007,1111,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="814">M. pusilla</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
the talon of the second upper premolar (P3) is absent or reduced to a cingulum and two roots are present, the posterior root being very broad, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C254D53FFE4FFE4B36FFDE2FC3DFDC8" box="[835,946,593,618]" class="Mammalia" family="Tenrecidae" genus="Microgale" kingdom="Animalia" order="Afrosoricida" pageId="18" pageNumber="814" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cowani">
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||
<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFE4FFE4B36FFDE2FC3DFDC8" box="[835,946,593,618]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="814">M. cowani</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
P3 has three roots and a talon is present. The first lower deciduous premolar (dp2) and adult (p2) in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C254D53FFE4FFE4B431FDC7FB0CFD2F" box="[1053,1155,628,653]" class="Mammalia" family="Tenrecidae" genus="Microgale" kingdom="Animalia" order="Afrosoricida" pageId="18" pageNumber="814" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pusilla">
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||
<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFE4FFE4B431FDC7FB0CFD2F" box="[1053,1155,628,653]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="814">M. pusilla</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is caniniform with no anterior accessory cusp and a very small posterior accessory cusp and this tooth has a single root; dp2 and p2 of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C254D53FFE4FFE4B292FD0AFCA1FD70" box="[702,814,697,722]" class="Mammalia" family="Tenrecidae" genus="Microgale" kingdom="Animalia" order="Afrosoricida" pageId="18" pageNumber="814" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cowani">
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||
<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFE4FFE4B292FD0AFCA1FD70" box="[702,814,697,722]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="814">M. cowani</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have two roots and in p2 the protoconid has an anterior accessory cusp (paraconid) and posterior accessory cusp (hypoconulid). If the teeth are absent, identification may be determined by the corresponding number of root sockets at the P3 or p2 locus.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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||
</treatment>
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||
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