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<document ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098" ID-ISBN="1-56098-217-9" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7353098" approvalRequired="3" approvalRequired_for_document="2" approvalRequired_for_originalDoi="1" checkinTime="1667534070963" checkinUser="GgServerImporter" docAuthor="Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton" docDate="1993" docId="03D087AEFFDCFF91FF1C0AC5FA7BFBC7" docLanguage="en" docName="MammalSpeciesofTheWorld.1993.Muridae.501-755.pdf.imd" docOrigin="Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press" docTitle="Dendromus mesomelas Brants 1827" docType="treatment" docVersion="3" lastPageNumber="543" masterDocId="FFE9FFD6FFF6FFBBFFF30B06FF93FFF3" masterDocTitle="Order Rodentia - Family Muridae" masterLastPageNumber="755" masterPageNumber="501" pageNumber="543" updateTime="1669256938330" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Order Rodentia - Family Muridae</mods:title>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Guy G. Musser</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Michael D. Carleton</mods:namePart>
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<mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource>
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<mods:dateIssued>1993</mods:dateIssued>
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<mods:publisher>Smithsonian Institution Press</mods:publisher>
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<mods:placeTerm>Washington and London</mods:placeTerm>
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<mods:roleTerm>Editor</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Don E. Wilson</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Editor</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>DeeAnn M. Reeder</mods:namePart>
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<mods:titleInfo>
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<mods:title>Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)</mods:title>
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</mods:titleInfo>
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<mods:start>501</mods:start>
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<mods:classification>book chapter</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ISBN">1-56098-217-9</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Zenodo-Dep">7353098</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7283166" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7283166" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D087AEFFDCFF91FF1C0AC5FA7BFBC7" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087AEFFDCFF91FF1C0AC5FA7BFBC7" lastPageNumber="543" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">
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<paragraph blockId="42.[239,1855,451,1076]" box="[239,1430,451,489]" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">
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<treatmentCitation author="Brants" authority="Brants, 1827" authorityName="Brants" authorityYear="1827" box="[239,1420,451,489]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="122" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas" title="Dendromus mesomelas" volumeTitle="Het. Geslacht der Muizen" year="1827">
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<taxonomicName authority="Brants, 1827" authorityName="Brants" authorityYear="1827" box="[239,827,451,489]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas">
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<emphasis box="[239,603,451,489]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">Dendromus mesomelas</emphasis>
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Brants, 1827
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<bibCitation author="Brants" box="[851,1420,451,489]" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" pagination="122" title="Dendromus mesomelas" volumeTitle="Het. Geslacht der Muizen" year="1827">Het. Geslacht der Muizen, p. 122</bibCitation>
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</treatmentCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection box="[280,1673,492,531]" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph blockId="42.[239,1855,451,1076]" box="[280,1673,492,531]" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">
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TYPE LOCALITY:
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<materialsCitation box="[526,1664,492,531]" country="South Africa" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" stateProvince="Western Cape">
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<collectingCountry box="[526,746,492,531]" name="South Africa" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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, E
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<collectingRegion box="[801,986,492,531]" country="South Africa" name="Western Cape" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">Cape Prov.</collectingRegion>
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, Sunday's River, east of Port Elizabeth
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="42" pageNumber="543" type="distribution">
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<paragraph blockId="42.[239,1855,451,1076]" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">
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DISTRIBUTION: Discontinuous ranges in
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<collectingCountry box="[935,1149,534,573]" name="South Africa" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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(SW
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<collectingRegion box="[1246,1430,534,573]" country="South Africa" name="Western Cape" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">Cape Prov.</collectingRegion>
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east to Natal and E Transvaal), C
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<collectingCountry box="[609,832,577,615]" name="Mozambique" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
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, extreme NE
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<collectingCountry box="[1069,1201,577,615]" name="Zambia" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">Zambia</collectingCountry>
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, N
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<collectingCountry box="[1264,1427,577,615]" name="Botswana" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">Botswana</collectingCountry>
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(see Map in
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<bibRefCitation author="Skinner, J. D. & R. H. N. Smithers" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" refId="ref329484" refString="Skinner, J. D., and R. H. N. Smithers. 1990. The mammals of the southern African subregion. Second ed. University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, 771 pp." year="1990">Skinner and Smithers, 1990:307</bibRefCitation>
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), extreme NW and NE
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<collectingCountry box="[1171,1260,617,655]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">Zaire</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Ansell, W. F. H." box="[1287,1502,617,655]" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" refId="ref11178" refString="Ansell, W. F. H. 1978. The mammals of Zambia. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Chilanga, 126 pp." year="1978">Ansell, 1978</bibRefCitation>
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), highlands of N and S
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<collectingCountry box="[473,600,660,698]" name="Malawi" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">Malawi</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Ansell, W. F. H. & R. J. Dowsett" box="[627,1072,660,698]" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" refId="ref11419" refString="Ansell, W. F. H., and R. J. Dowsett. 1988. Mammals of Malawi: An annotated check list and atlas. Trendrine Press, Zennor, St. Ives, United Kingdom, 170 pp." year="1988">Ansell and Dowsett, 1988</bibRefCitation>
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), mountains of SW (Rungwe) and EC (Uluguru)
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<collectingCountry box="[551,708,702,741]" name="Tanzania" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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, and SE
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<collectingCountry box="[859,948,702,741]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">Zaire</collectingCountry>
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(Marungu); extent of range unresolved.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection box="[280,1349,745,783]" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" type="synonym_list">
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<paragraph blockId="42.[239,1855,451,1076]" box="[280,1349,745,783]" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">
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SYNONYMS:
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<emphasis box="[464,1349,745,783]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1913" box="[464,561,745,783]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ayresi">ayresi</taxonomicName>
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, hintoni,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Dollman" authorityYear="1914" box="[725,814,745,783]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="major">major</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1916" box="[835,941,745,783]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nyasae">nyasae</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wagner" authorityYear="1841" baseAuthorityName="Sparrman" baseAuthorityYear="1784" box="[963,1089,745,783]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pumilio">pumilio</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="A. Smith" authorityYear="1834" box="[1111,1226,745,783]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="typicus">typicus</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1829" box="[1252,1338,745,783]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="typus">typus</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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<subSubSection pageId="42" pageNumber="543" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="42.[239,1855,451,1076]" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">
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COMMENTS: We treat some of the names usually included in
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Brants" authorityYear="1827" box="[1304,1521,785,823]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="42" pageNumber="544" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas">
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D.
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<emphasis box="[1354,1521,785,823]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">mesomelas</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(see
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<bibRefCitation author="Misonne, X." pageId="42" pageNumber="543" refId="ref243324" refString="Misonne, X. 1974. Order Rodentia. Part 6. Pp. 1 - 39, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.). [issued 10 Sep 1974]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated." year="1974">Misonne, 1974</bibRefCitation>
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) as distinct species (see accounts of
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<emphasis box="[1083,1417,827,867]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1903" box="[1083,1209,827,867]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="insignis">insignis</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName box="[1234,1301,827,867]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kivu">kivu</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Osgood" authorityYear="1936" box="[1326,1410,827,867]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oreas">oreas</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis box="[1507,1652,827,867]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hill and Carter" authorityYear="1937" box="[1507,1633,827,867]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vernayi">vernayi</taxonomicName>
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).
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</emphasis>
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Judged by our study of specimens, samples from SE
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<collectingCountry box="[1093,1180,869,909]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">Zaire</collectingCountry>
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and SW
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<collectingCountry box="[1338,1492,869,909]" name="Tanzania" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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are morphologically similar to series of
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<emphasis box="[701,829,911,950]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">
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<taxonomicName box="[701,822,911,950]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kivu">D. kivu</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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and the relationship among these and samples of true
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Brants" authorityYear="1827" box="[365,533,953,993]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas">
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<emphasis box="[365,533,953,993]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">mesomelas</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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has to be resolved by critical systematic revision. We include
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<emphasis box="[1618,1716,953,993]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Dollman" authorityYear="1914" box="[1618,1709,953,993]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="major">major</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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which was described as a subspecis of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Brants" authorityYear="1827" box="[926,1141,995,1033]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Dendromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mesomelas">
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<emphasis box="[926,1141,995,1033]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="543">D. mesomelas</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(see St.
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<bibRefCitation author="St. Leger, J." box="[1291,1490,995,1033]" pageId="42" pageNumber="543" refId="ref314684" refString="St. Leger, J. 1930. On two species of Dendromus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 10, 6: 622." year="1930">Leger, 1930</bibRefCitation>
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), but its relationships should be reexamined because of its large body size.
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</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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