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Major, 1896
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Today in
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there are two recognised species,
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<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFF3FFF3B335FE68FBB9FE56" box="[793,1078,475,500]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="801">Brachyuromys ramirohitra</emphasis>
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Major, 1896
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and
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<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFF3FFF3B122FE4DFDBBFDB5" box="[270,564,510,535]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="801">Brachyuromys betsileoensis</emphasis>
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(
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)
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, both ranked as Least Concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List (
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Goodman
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<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFF3FFF3B3D1FD93FBBFFD9B" box="[1021,1072,544,569]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="801">et al</emphasis>
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,
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is smaller and is distinguished easily by external characters.
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provided an identification key with some dental characters for the genus, among which were the flat-crowned cheekteeth, with curved folds becoming isolated with wear. According to him
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molars are flatter and their folds become isolated at a very early age, while in
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this condition is not reached until old age.
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has a larger m3 than
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<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFF3FFF3B08CFCA0FECFFC8E" box="[160,320,787,812]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="801">B. betsileoensis</emphasis>
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.
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also recognised the same size and morphological differences between molars of the two species. Currently although both species are known from separate locations in the Central Highlands of
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, defined as the interior region of the island greater than
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above sea level (
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;
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Denys
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), they are only sympatric in Andringitra and Ampitambe (
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;
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).
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Some of the Children’s Cave specimens were labelled ‘
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’ Maj.
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but the species was never described and is a
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. According to
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, during his fieldwork Major provisionally recognised the presence of two species within the genus that he was later to formally name as
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, using the label names of
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<taxonomicName id="4C254D53FFF3FFF3B166FBDDFE6FFB25" authorityName=", Major" authorityYear="1896" box="[330,480,1134,1159]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Brachyuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="801" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ramirohitra">
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<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFF3FFF3B166FBDDFE6FFB25" box="[330,480,1134,1159]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="801">B. ramirohitra</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
|
||
<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFF3FFF3B234FBDDFDA9FB25" box="[536,550,1134,1159]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="801">B</emphasis>
|
||
. ‘
|
||
<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFF3FFF3B214FBDDFD01FB25" box="[568,654,1134,1159]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="801">arvicola</emphasis>
|
||
’. Evidently Major recognised that taxa which he had provisionally named ‘
|
||
<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFF3FFF3B1D3FB23FDD8FB0B" box="[511,599,1168,1193]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="801">arvicola</emphasis>
|
||
’ and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C254D53FFF3FFF3B28DFB23FCA6FB0B" box="[673,809,1168,1193]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Brachyuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="801" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arvicoloides">
|
||
‘
|
||
<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFF3FFF3B28AFB23FCA6FB0B" box="[678,809,1168,1193]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="801">arvicoloides</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
’ were synonyms of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C254D53FFF3FFF3B40EFB23FE47FB6E" authority="Bartlett, 1880" authorityName="Bartlett" authorityYear="1880" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Nesomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="801" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="betsileoensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFF3FFF3B40EFB23FEA8FB6E" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="801">Nesomys betsileoensis</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFB44B21FFF3FFF3B11CFB00FE47FB6E" author="Bartlett E" box="[304,456,1203,1228]" pageId="5" pageNumber="801" pagination="767 - 770" refId="ref13388" refString="Bartlett E. 1880. Second list of mammals and birds collected by Mr. Thomas Waters in Madagascar. Proc Zool Soc Lond. 1879: 767 - 770." type="journal article" year="1880">Bartlett, 1880</bibRefCitation>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
but formulated
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C254D53FFF3FFF3B2A9FB00FC91FB6E" authorityName="Major" authorityYear="1896" box="[645,798,1203,1228]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Brachyuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="801" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFF3FFF3B2A9FB00FC91FB6E" box="[645,798,1203,1228]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="801">Brachyuromys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as a new genus in recognition of the incorrect generic allocation to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C254D53FFF3FFF3B212FB65FD11FB4D" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1870" box="[574,670,1238,1263]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Nesomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="801" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFF3FFF3B212FB65FD11FB4D" box="[574,670,1238,1263]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="801">Nesomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. In his original description of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C254D53FFF3FFF3B3C4FB65FEB6FAB3" authority=", Major (1896 a)" authorityName=", Major" authorityYear="1896" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Brachyuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="801" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ramirohitra">
|
||
<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFF3FFF3B3C4FB65FBF1FB4D" box="[1000,1150,1238,1263]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="801">B. ramirohitra</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFB44B21FFF3FFF3B08CFB4BFEB6FAB3" author="Major CIF" box="[160,313,1272,1297]" pageId="5" pageNumber="801" pagination="318 - 325" refId="ref15691" refString="Major CIF. 1896 a. Diagnoses of new mammals from Madagascar. Ann Mag Nat Hist. 18 (6): 318 - 325." type="journal article" year="1896">Major (1896a)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
indicated the presence of this species in the lower deposits of the Children’s Cave (Sirabé).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8B9A36D0FFF3FFF3B0ECFA8DFB99FA3E" blockId="5.[160,1156,475,1436]" pageId="5" pageNumber="801">
|
||
In order to verify the presence of one or two species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C254D53FFF3FFF3B319FA8DFC41FAF5" authorityName="Major" authorityYear="1896" box="[821,974,1342,1367]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Brachyuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="801" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFF3FFF3B319FA8DFC41FAF5" box="[821,974,1342,1367]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="801">Brachyuromys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the cave and their specific attribution we compared them with modern representatives of the genus. We confirm here the presence of two
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C254D53FFF3FFF3B261FA30FCB1FA3E" box="[589,830,1411,1436]" pageId="5" pageNumber="801">
|
||
<emphasis id="B951EAC2FFF3FFF3B261FA30FD69FA3E" box="[589,742,1411,1436]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="801">Brachyuromys</emphasis>
|
||
species
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in Children’s Cave.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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