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<document ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4659340" ID-GBIF-Dataset="0c7614b2-dba9-4640-b42c-348382dfe59b" ID-GBIF-Taxon="180789239" ID-ISSN="0067-1975" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4659340" checkinTime="1617226809017" checkinUser="felipe" docAuthor="Groves, C. P. & Flannery, Tim F." docDate="1994" docId="DD3387ECFFDB6657717931BDFD4EF8F5" docLanguage="en" docName="RecAustMus.46.2.145-169.pdf.imf" docOrigin="Records of the Australian Museum 46 (2)" docSource="https://journals.australian.museum/groves-and-flannery-1994-rec-aust-mus-462-145169/" docStyle="DocumentStyle:D3147822FB22E0797CFA40BA2FBFB595.2:RecAustMus.1986-1997.journal_article" docStyleId="D3147822FB22E0797CFA40BA2FBFB595" docStyleName="RecAustMus.1986-1997.journal_article" docStyleVersion="2" docTitle="Uromys Peters 1867" docType="treatment" docVersion="7" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="148" masterDocId="210AFF94FFD96653775A3829FF9EFFD1" masterDocTitle="A revision of the genus Uromys Peters, 1867 (Muridae: Mammalia) with descriptions of two new species" masterLastPageNumber="169" masterPageNumber="145" pageId="2" pageNumber="147" updateTime="1632022083230" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>A revision of the genus Uromys Peters, 1867 (Muridae: Mammalia) with descriptions of two new species</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Groves, C. P.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>1994</mods:date>
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<mods:number>1994-07-28</mods:number>
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<mods:identifier type="ISSN">0067-1975</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4659340" ID-GBIF-Taxon="180789239" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4659340" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:DD3387ECFFDB6657717931BDFD4EF8F5" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/DD3387ECFFDB6657717931BDFD4EF8F5" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="148" pageId="2" pageNumber="147">
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<subSubSection box="[1571,1942,2452,2491]" pageId="2" pageNumber="147" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph blockId="2.[1571,1942,2452,2491]" box="[1571,1942,2452,2491]" pageId="2" pageNumber="147">
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<heading box="[1571,1942,2452,2491]" centered="true" fontSize="10" level="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="147" reason="2">
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<taxonomicName authority="Peters, 1867" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1867" box="[1571,1942,2452,2491]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="2" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[1571,1702,2452,2491]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="147">Uromys</emphasis>
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Peters, 1867
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</taxonomicName>
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</heading>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="148" pageId="2" pageNumber="147" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph blockId="2.[1311,2198,2572,2608]" box="[1311,2198,2572,2608]" pageId="2" pageNumber="147">
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<typeStatus box="[1311,1393,2572,2608]" pageId="2" pageNumber="147">Type</typeStatus>
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species.
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<taxonomicName authority="Krefft, 1867" authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1867" box="[1556,2194,2572,2608]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Hapalotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="2" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caudimaculatus">
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<emphasis box="[1556,1969,2572,2608]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="147">Hapalotis caudimaculatus</emphasis>
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Krefft, 1867
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="2.[1262,2249,2666,3029]" pageId="2" pageNumber="147">
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Revised generic diagnosis. The species of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1867" box="[2050,2178,2666,2705]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="2" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[2050,2178,2666,2705]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="147">Uromys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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can be differentiated from all other murids in possessing the following combination of features: i) soft palate has between six and 12 irregular ridges in region between molar rows (
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<figureCitation box="[1523,1646,2850,2889]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="3.[371,425,3124,3160]" captionTargetBox="[493,2008,1085,3064]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Fig. 2. The soft palate of (A) Uromys caudimaculatus, (B) U. anak, (C) U. rex, (D) Xenuromys barbatus and (E) Solomys sapientis." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4654703" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4654703/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="147">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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); ii) palate extends posteriorly beyond posterior margin of M3; iii) lower incisors much deeper than wide; iv) anterolateral spine of bulla greatly expanded.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="2.[1262,2249,3085,3174]" lastBlockId="3.[230,1213,418,1011]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="148" pageId="2" pageNumber="147">
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Notes. McAllen & Bruce (1989) suggest that
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1902" box="[1262,1464,3131,3171]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melanomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="2" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[1262,1464,3131,3171]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="147">Melanomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is a new generic name proposed by
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<bibRefCitation author="Winter" box="[233,484,418,457]" pageId="3" pageNumber="148" pagination="379" refId="ref15962" refString="Winter, lW., 1983. Thomton Peak Melomys. P. 379. In R. Strahan (ed.). The Complete Book of Australian Mammals. Angus & Robertson, Sydney." type="book chapter" year="1983">Winter (1983)</bibRefCitation>
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for the species
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<emphasis box="[810,991,418,457]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="148">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Winter" baseAuthorityYear="1984" box="[810,986,418,457]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="148" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hadrourus">hadrourus</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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This name results from a typographical error in a reference, and in any case is preoccupied by
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<taxonomicName authority="Thomas, 1902" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melanomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="148" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[844,1036,510,549]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="148">Melanomys</emphasis>
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Thomas, 1902
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[230,1213,418,1011]" lastBlockId="3.[1280,2263,418,1012]" pageId="3" pageNumber="148">
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The generic diagnosis differentiates
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1867" box="[923,1050,603,642]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="148" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[923,1050,603,642]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="148">Uromys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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from all other
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<taxonomicName box="[335,477,649,688]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="148" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Muridae</taxonomicName>
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, including its close relatives
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" box="[994,1131,649,688]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Solomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="148" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[994,1131,649,688]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="148">Solomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<emphasis box="[231,391,695,734]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="148">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" box="[231,385,695,734]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="148" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Melomys</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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with which it agrees in possessing a so-called mosaic tail (described, for example in
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<bibRefCitation author="Tate, G. H. H." box="[989,1188,741,780]" pageId="3" pageNumber="148" pagination="187 - 430" refId="ref15919" refString="Tate, G. H. H., 1951. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 65. The rodents of Australia and New Guinea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 97: 187 - 430." type="journal article" year="1951">Tate, 1951</bibRefCitation>
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). Species of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1867" box="[442,568,787,826]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="148" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[442,568,787,826]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="148">Uromys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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differ additionally from species of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" box="[230,382,833,872]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="148" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[230,382,833,872]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="148">Melomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in their larger size, and from species of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" box="[230,370,879,919]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Solomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="148" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[230,370,879,919]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="148">Solomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in lacking the latter's greatly thickened palate, and by the relatively larger, thicker incisors, more elongate basoccipital, and the posteriorly broadened palate. We transfer to
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1867" box="[1704,1830,418,459]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="148" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[1704,1830,418,459]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="148">Uromys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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two species previously referred to
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<emphasis box="[1491,1888,464,506]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="148">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" box="[1491,1641,464,506]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="148" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Melomys</taxonomicName>
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(
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<taxonomicName box="[1677,1888,464,506]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="148" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="porculus">M porculus</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis box="[1993,2260,464,506]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="148">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Winter" baseAuthorityYear="1984" box="[1993,2242,464,506]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="148" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hadrourus">M hadrourus</taxonomicName>
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),
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</emphasis>
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and transfer
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<emphasis box="[1550,1739,510,550]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="148">salamonis,</emphasis>
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previously placed within
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<emphasis box="[1285,1424,557,596]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="148">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1867" box="[1285,1418,557,596]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="148" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Uromys</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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to
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<emphasis box="[1502,1650,557,596]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="148">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" box="[1502,1645,557,596]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Solomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="148" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Solomys</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[1280,2263,418,1012]" lastBlockId="4.[247,1231,1512,1828]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="149" pageId="3" pageNumber="148">
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The Discriminant Analysis (
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<figureCitation box="[1826,1930,603,643]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="4.[251,305,1149,1185]" captionTargetBox="[185,1236,416,1111]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Fig. 3. Discriminant analysis of Uromys. Function 1 (abscissa) accounts for 42.5% of the total variance, and is most highly correlated with greatest skull length and snout length; Function 2 (accounting for 35.9% of total variance) is positively correlated with all variables except braincase width. 1 = U. rex, 2 U. imperator, 3 = U. hadrourus, 4 = U. anak, 5 = U. caudimaculatus, 6 = U. porcu/us, 7 = U. neobritannicus." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4658476" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4658476/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="148">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
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) discriminated the quasi-specific samples on the basis of (first function, accounting for 42.5% of total variance) greatest skull length and snout length, and (second function, 35.9% of variance) overall size except for braincase breadth. A third function accounted for 12.3% of variance, but was an absolute size discriminator, distinguishing only
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Winter" baseAuthorityYear="1984" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="148" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hadrourus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="148">U. hadrourus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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effectively. The two subgenera are not sharply distinguished by the analysis:
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<emphasis box="[1934,2259,972,1012]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="148">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1867" box="[1934,2253,972,1012]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Hapalotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="148" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caudimaculatus">U. caudimaculatus</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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<subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="149" type="description">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Winter" baseAuthorityYear="1984" box="[253,483,1512,1552]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="4" pageNumber="149" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hadrourus">
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<emphasis box="[253,483,1512,1552]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="149">U. hadrourus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1907" box="[587,726,1512,1552]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="4" pageNumber="149" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anak">
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<emphasis box="[587,726,1512,1552]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="149">U. anak</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are arrayed around one end of a linear clinal spread from
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[815,926,1558,1598]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="4" pageNumber="149" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rex">
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<emphasis box="[815,926,1558,1598]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="149">U. rex</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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via
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<taxonomicName box="[1024,1229,1558,1598]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="4" pageNumber="149" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="porculus">
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<emphasis box="[1024,1229,1558,1598]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="149">U. porculus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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to
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<emphasis box="[304,537,1604,1644]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="149">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[304,532,1604,1644]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="4" pageNumber="149" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="imperator">U. imperator</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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The result is difficult to interpret, but is consistent with our conclusions (below) that
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[1118,1230,1651,1690]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="4" pageNumber="149" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rex">
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<emphasis box="[1118,1230,1651,1690]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="149">U. rex</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is the most autapomorphic species in
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<emphasis box="[920,1150,1697,1736]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="149">
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U. (
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1910" box="[985,1139,1697,1736]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="4" pageNumber="166" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Cyromys">Cyromys</taxonomicName>
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)
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</emphasis>
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and that
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1907" box="[334,475,1743,1782]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="4" pageNumber="149" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anak">
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<emphasis box="[334,475,1743,1782]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="149">U. anak</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is less like other species of
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<emphasis box="[1011,1229,1743,1782]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="149">
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U. (
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1867" box="[1080,1218,1743,1782]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="4" pageNumber="149" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Uromys</taxonomicName>
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)
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</emphasis>
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than is
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<emphasis box="[398,720,1789,1828]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="149">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Tate & Archbold" authorityYear="1935" box="[398,715,1789,1828]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="4" pageNumber="149" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="neobritannicus">U. neobritannicus</taxonomicName>
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</subSubSection>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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