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<emphasis id="8EDF2E8504BD7211B81B8D97CAAC4217" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">Acomys (Acomys) airensis</emphasis>
Thomas and
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.
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, Mt Baguezan, Asben (Aïr),
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<emphasis id="DBC5893B200F43DEF6D46499E4E558A0" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1193">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="D569B85ED4E74F1FE79CC521376AE388" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1193">Distribution:</emphasis>
Recorded from S
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,
<collectingCountry id="C11B2CFC1050E8486DD497635C635C4B" name="Serbia">Mali</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="D52D4EC77E65F8112823D5101250BEA8" name="Niger">Niger</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="B37677B7A3CB6A048EE65121BB41FAA5" name="Chad">Chad</collectingCountry>
(Bâ et al., 2001;
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,
<bibRefCitation id="294151B0EF669D14FBE44ABB9036FF81" author="Barome, P. - O. &amp; M. Monnerot &amp; 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">2000</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="02056BECA50609FB2D60FEFB999725FF" author="Dobigny, G. &amp; S. Moulin &amp; R. Cornette &amp; J. - C. Gautun" refId="ref86151" refString="Dobigny, G., S. Moulin, R. Cornette, and J. - C. Gautun. 2001 a. Rodents from Adrar des Iforas, Mali. Chromosomal data. Mammalia, 65 (2): 215 - 220." year="2001">
Dobigny et al., 2001
<bibRefCitation id="62AB72FAACEE26250EE1171E5433A0A9" author="Van Den Bussche, R. A. &amp; S. R. Hoofer &amp; E. W. Hansen" refId="ref363626" refString="Van Den Bussche, R. A., S. R. Hoofer, and E. W. Hansen. 2002 b. Characterization and phylogenetic utility of the mammalian protamine P 1 gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 22: 333 - 341." year="2002">
<emphasis id="2AF3A3887BE60185BDE7A71B1BF5EA57" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">a, b</emphasis>
, 2002
<emphasis id="E3E42D1E102A7A8D56DCF3750E47FA92" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">b</emphasis>
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, 2003;
<bibRefCitation id="C7F36B296789B4FA3768E8D6E1337CB0" author="Le Berre, M. &amp; L. Le Guelte" refId="ref208332" refString="Le Berre, M., and L. Le Guelte. 1990. Les mammiferes actuels dans l'espace saharien. Vie et Milieu, 40: 223 - 228." year="1990">Le Berre, 1990</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="8A1579AB3C489AA83BB7A8041FD2301F" author="Tranier, M. &amp; Y. Papillon &amp; P. - O. Barome &amp; A. Doukar &amp; V. Volobouev &amp; B. Sicard" refId="ref359207" refString="Tranier, M., Y. Papillon, P. - O. Barome, A. Doukar, V. Volobouev, and B. Sicard. 1999. Un Acomys airensis (Rodentia: Muridae) en plein coeur du delta interieur du Niger au Mali. Mammalia, 63 (1): 113 - 116." year="1999">Tranier et al., 1999</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="99CEA8F08A1177638C19083DECEF117F" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1193">Discussion:</emphasis>
<paragraph id="726A525235A2D3C3E10D688379286848" pageNumber="1193">
Subgenus
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<emphasis id="E597F6E856F7FC96269165DB50BE1585" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">Acomys</emphasis>
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. Initially described as a species but later included in
<taxonomicName id="8D8DC14CF5D4D0E9CF088BCD69C9A83E" authorityName="Heuglin" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cineraceus">
<emphasis id="AF18C7212183FB635255CDB78327F165" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. cineraceus</emphasis>
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(F.
<bibRefCitation id="9937D040A33041E1DB224F639B309029" author="Petter, F." refId="ref283284" refString="Petter, F. 1954. Remarques biologiques sur des rats epineux du genre Acomys repartition au Sahara. Mammalia, 18: 389 - 396." year="1954">Petter, 1954</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="CD78B5D68147E9C7122CDD254C021C85" author="Rosevear, D. R." refId="ref310288" refString="Rosevear, D. R. 1969. The rodents of West Africa. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 677: 1 - 604." year="1969">Rosevear, 1969</bibRefCitation>
),
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<emphasis id="2026BE3FE369B72D77F367CC55DF1CF1" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. dimidiatus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="944FE54EDBE66F374C361C484DADABB6" author="Setzer, H. W." refId="ref324155" refString="Setzer, H. W. 1975. Genus Acomys. Part 6.5. Pp. 1 - 2, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.) [issued 10 Dec 1975]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated." year="1975">Setzer, 1975</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, or
<taxonomicName id="9482F32DF43D6B2E1BA6479E4FAB307C" baseAuthorityName="E. Geoffroy" baseAuthorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cahirinus">
<emphasis id="80DE54EDD06F07DE9377B23C12B6061E" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. cahirinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D96C3C7FC3FD0DA0D1D5CBA725E3E7B2" author="Musser, G. G. &amp; 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>
;
<bibRefCitation id="96A16E741EB2C9896BB0EE33FD7A4452" author="Rosevear, D. R." refId="ref310288" refString="Rosevear, D. R. 1969. The rodents of West Africa. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 677: 1 - 604." year="1969">Rosevear, 1969</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="DCE1568828BAD37BDB1FD297DC0CB00C" author="Tranier, M." refId="ref358963" refString="Tranier, M. 1975 b. Etude preliminaire du caryotype de l'Acomys de l'Air (Rongeurs, Murides). Mammalia, 39: 704 - 705." year="1975">
Tranier (1975
<emphasis id="D908C5FDBFE8355BBBDA1A7D551F8D3B" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">b</emphasis>
)
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first reported its karyotype (2n = 40), and subsequent comparisons among samples of
<taxonomicName id="BD92187D14CBE27B9E12736D28353038" authorityName="Thomas and Hinton" authorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="airensis">
<emphasis id="EA84B6310D38B62F9AEA68771E432589" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">airensis</emphasis>
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,
<taxonomicName id="81302CCE0AC54D5DAC076EE0898C708E" baseAuthorityName="Setzer" baseAuthorityYear="1975" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dimidiatus">
<emphasis id="600083455CD5C710845B78AD6DDAA3B0" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">dimidiatus</emphasis>
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, and
<taxonomicName id="6BE6DAA893A48E16816F512C69C1A09C" baseAuthorityName="E. Geoffroy" baseAuthorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cahirinus">
<emphasis id="32B91998A1EDA1B649E471741C0F2E3C" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">cahirinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
using chromosomal traits highlighted
<taxonomicName id="4E0F332F9B97E40EFB718DAF2C5C4C76" authorityName="Thomas and Hinton" authorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="airensis">
<emphasis id="125EF3226305AEB1F69C568336EF6D79" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">airensis</emphasis>
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as a species relative to the other two (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="8CAC93D8F1BAB0C5EF1A9BF0139D7565" author="Volobouev, V. T. &amp; M. Tranier &amp; 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). Phylogenetic analyses of mtDNA cytochrome
<emphasis id="2A71CDA6E6440B56F0173D6E341CA94F" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">b</emphasis>
sequences provided concordant results (
<bibRefCitation id="FC96A346D47B0CF63A296FB1D3AB2F01" author="Barome, P. - O. &amp; M. Monnerot &amp; 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="4CADB5E8797E528043CB647396FB9BB9" author="Barome, P. - O. &amp; P. Lymberakis &amp; M. Monnerot &amp; 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
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,
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;
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Dobigny et al., 2001
<emphasis id="4D5DA8A448944730D44AF96B8506D919" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">a</emphasis>
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).
<bibRefCitation id="19258F41B1072CC89905139C62AADB40" author="Denys, C. &amp; J. - C. Gautun &amp; M. Tranier &amp; 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 dental traits distinguishing
<taxonomicName id="1C65EB555008C01B503EFCBDDB14503A" authorityName="Thomas and Hinton" authorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="airensis">
<emphasis id="9037D7EF8F22C5AC33C04651CEA159A1" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. airensis</emphasis>
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from
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<emphasis id="C6601B478DAE9E66A7C2AA19F20EE4FE" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. cahirinus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="859969745C7C4DC5C6ABD83F8E029C99" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. chudeaui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="E5013B225A7BBABA98B21C901F1F2FFF" authorityName="Heim de Balsac" authorityYear="1936" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="seurati">
<emphasis id="B921BDB9CCED7F2512D0C62ADD673A9E" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. seurati</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In his initial chromosomal report,
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Tranier (1975
<emphasis id="984352A8A7AE7C015F457832E4C45345" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">b</emphasis>
)
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placed
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<emphasis id="7373B3ABD5759C3043AFCCAB73FDB7BE" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. airensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the
<taxonomicName id="EAA679F6AF19F3D90C989579363A2BAC" baseAuthorityName="E. Geoffroy" baseAuthorityYear="1803" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cahirinus">
<emphasis id="4DDFFBAA79804CAADFF157EB13BE2DDD" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. cahirinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group, a judgement reinforced by subsequent analyses of chromosomes (
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Volobouev et al., 2002
<emphasis id="61733A6F0720B78B9CFDFBACDC0238D7" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">b</emphasis>
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) and mtDNA cytochrome
<emphasis id="9BABC5C7660BF5574C2F234D9F7A20B9" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">b</emphasis>
sequences (
<bibRefCitation id="34A1F83E0C698E59890D80F3D71C261F" author="Barome, P. - O. &amp; M. Monnerot &amp; 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>
, who included it in an
<emphasis id="D9C82E6E4B4AF4B602ED75B2CDE7BF62" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">
A. cahirinus-A.
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</emphasis>
group); this assemblage also contains
<taxonomicName id="00CB7FD464C86BE5AF49A50BE13E4763" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1912" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="johannis">
<emphasis id="2B30AC4C06DFF31654715CD8ED91DB26" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. johannis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="FABC09732BA15E2C4BE7C874F08D8569" authorityName="Bate" authorityYear="1905" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minous">
<emphasis id="A91918932892760517FEFA6992710073" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. minous</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="04EE6AD5A1C64717361DD1E7B4409690" authorityName="Bate" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nesiotes">
<emphasis id="82C2F7C388873223BDEBFFCC47BFDD0B" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. nesiotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="7D812EB7685109380ADF21D8FDCB6F03" authorityName="Spitzenberger" authorityYear="1978" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cilicicus">
<emphasis id="B5D4A8A5726C31FE52316789F6F818B3" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. cilicicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and an unnamed species from
<collectingCountry id="B5C5D2C872C635152A46AE8F3F18BC28" name="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8AC188B3EC7CDC3CAF783D07F58B886C" pageNumber="1193">
<bibRefCitation id="84A85ECDBC7E44A1FE1E432767CAF1B7" author="Meinig, H." refId="ref236843" refString="Meinig, H. 2000. Notes on the mammal fauna of the southern part of the Republic of Mali, West Africa. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 49 (1 - 4): 101 - 114." year="2000">Meinig (2000)</bibRefCitation>
obtained
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from S
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that are probably
<taxonomicName id="1B02746C4D5FE30FEBEF9518795901F0" authorityName="Thomas and Hinton" authorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="airensis">
<emphasis id="552BC19B55A42DDB11CB76E808C2629E" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. airensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, although they could be examples of
<taxonomicName id="BFAD0EBF6B5CDF22512DEAAA3214267D" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1912" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="johannis">
<emphasis id="28A47EC1E0759A812C7267965D99CBB5" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. johannis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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Dobigny et al. (2001
<emphasis id="2A647CE2C2C38A0F22946EC6A88DAC25" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">a</emphasis>
)
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documented a sample of
<taxonomicName id="7ED56F06BA5EF6A67C56F5116A44E7E2" authorityName="Thomas and Hinton" authorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="airensis">
<emphasis id="E8BD41584C1857F1469C65F85FA441E0" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. airensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Adrar des Iforas massif in NE
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and reported the karyotype as 2n = 44 and 46, FNa = 66, which expands the previously recorded diploid number of the species (2n = 40 and 43, see references in
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Dobigny et al., 2001
<emphasis id="A960C99277520DF0509BB94A47334899" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">a, b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
; or 2n = 42, FN = 68,
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Volobouev et al., 2002
<emphasis id="EFCD2EB9F618D171D0033D175816E572" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">b</emphasis>
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). Analysis of cytochrome
<emphasis id="95708CA127061F68F985983A5C76BBEF" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">b</emphasis>
sequences from the NE
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specimens positively identified them as
<taxonomicName id="BA20E2D28ABE2C2DC039DA2B4E9023BE" authorityName="Thomas and Hinton" authorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="airensis">
<emphasis id="AD547681E1AF806E95F089F67E43B343" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. airensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The records from S
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exhibited 2n = 40, NFa = 66, which is typical for
<taxonomicName id="64D24DE66240591B387C3BDDF1E5E302" authorityName="Thomas and Hinton" authorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="airensis">
<emphasis id="1566670085D453C0C35469D868F5FC56" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. airensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bâ et al., 2001). Although
<taxonomicName id="6B58555BBF8345D0437663186DB74B12" authorityName="Thomas and Hinton" authorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="airensis">
<emphasis id="07AAE4A64580AD116DD1FF0C8E51DA20" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">A. airensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been caught in rocky habitats, it is often collected in gardens, grain storage units, and huts, in
<collectingCountry id="730D9D14D1081707F7EC2212F4838951" name="Mauritania">Mauritania</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="CE537B17D6312619770A0F666651C75B" name="Serbia">Mali</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="DEBCF7AD7F37DF2F4292433700D68D60" name="Niger">Niger</collectingCountry>
(Bâ et al., 2001;
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Dobigny et al., 2001
<emphasis id="35EF86B233DB067DE1BF340394388724" italics="true" pageNumber="1193">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
)
</paragraph>
.
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