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<emphasis id="AEDFC4541184E60108DE418DED35A21D" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Mastomys shortridgei</emphasis>
St. Leger 1933
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<emphasis id="04328690257D4C68E5E2F83CA6ACE85F" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Mastomys shortridgei</emphasis>
St. Leger 1933
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="73FA9DE7D9D6DA1C8AAAC824AA8D612A" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1367">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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N
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, Grootfontein Dist., Okavango-Omatako junction.
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<emphasis id="55907CC191A2DF69B8C2C472A05D0F52" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1367">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="22D919FD0232B4625D82566DC66E53F9" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1367">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="F82D78215D2A3A0DFD9E881426CC636D" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Mastomys legerae</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="D5B99AB4394405D5E15E0B2918A9522C" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1367">Distribution:</emphasis>
Extreme NW
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and NE
<collectingCountry id="86E3F8D699672F440B3F72C25ED492F4" name="Namibia">Namibia</collectingCountry>
(
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area) in the region of the confluence of
<collectingRegion id="374AE914117451C3ED64356208243313" country="Namibia" name="Kavango West">Okavango</collectingRegion>
and Kwito Rivers where it apparently inhabits reedbeds and swamp grasses (
<bibRefCitation id="665E749BEA94A5BC0E39C204C6CCD639" author="de Graaff, G." refId="ref77573" refString="de Graaff, G. 1981. The rodents of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban, 267 pp." year="1981">de Graaff, 1981:216</bibRefCitation>
;
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); also E
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, where the species is associated with marshes (
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).
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<emphasis id="DDF93733C051DAFB9591DB7EE87DFEED" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1367">Conservation:</emphasis>
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Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="B8730AF7C08C442A0DD52C66E5D66405" pageNumber="1367" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="0ECA0C63BF9E7DF82266C58583378F97" pageNumber="1367">
<emphasis id="C7BC76331DEA4158A98B9650D4C015FB" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1367">Discussion:</emphasis>
Karyotype (2n = 36, FNa = 50) similar to that of
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<emphasis id="7936C98B3788C1C7E1E23E7442FB45AA" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">M. coucha</emphasis>
(
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Granjon et al., 1997
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)
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. Taxonomy reviewed by
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. Some workers considered
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<emphasis id="C523E54BC128D958414A9C6A5FBAC4CD" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">shortridgei</emphasis>
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closely related to or the same as
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<emphasis id="9F990D2DED050D529C98E12CEB29CD0D" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">M. angolensis</emphasis>
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(see references cited in
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). That species has five pairs of teats and most authors attributed the same number to
<taxonomicName id="F4E5E53E5CCFE7808ED548BA3F241380" authorityName="St. Leger" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mastomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shortridgei">
<emphasis id="2514A8550B9C1E0ADF41416BA3C2227D" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">M. shortridgei</emphasis>
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, but the latter has eight pairs (see references in
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Granjon et al., 1997
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). This is also a significant distinction for the generic allocation of
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<emphasis id="74C3D2A27312A932AF7DE23214083E47" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">shortridgei</emphasis>
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because
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Granjon et al. (1997
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)
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employed more than ten teats as one of the diagnostic traits of
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<emphasis id="73802B0EA32D9F38B2816AB7760BD0CE" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Mastomys</emphasis>
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and included
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<emphasis id="C1BC568CEE4E24D148246C1EF2483C53" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">shortridgei</emphasis>
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in the genus but excluded
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<emphasis id="93567E73E5D2B9444A54557164698EA7" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">angolensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. A principal component analysis based on
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of the
<emphasis id="928EDBB609778650337965ADA617EED5" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Mastomys-Praomys-Myomys-Hylomyscus</emphasis>
complex also nested that of
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<emphasis id="15ECD335FF5EDA8675428A40E30EFC0A" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">shortridgei</emphasis>
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deep within the cluster identified as
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<emphasis id="7114FFA09D66C3D1E3531AEC1715C430" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Mastomys</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="7036D640B932BE0A77A21A15A409CE5B" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">Mastomys shortridgei</emphasis>
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occurs sympatrically with
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<emphasis id="AB38C36C6F419B7B9C9DB6A8148CC06C" italics="true" pageNumber="1367">M. natalensis</emphasis>
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(
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de Graaff, 1997
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,
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1997
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;
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). Reviewed by
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de Graaff (1997
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)
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and
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, who also cited references describing chromosomal and spermatozoal distinctions between
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