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<emphasis id="E67ECA8BBE331FD7F9CA8CE79EBF24C0" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Leptomys</emphasis>
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,
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Ann.
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.
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. Stor. Nat. Genova, 18: 610
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.
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<emphasis id="6AE67CE38118542531F2C5522F135282" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1350">Type Species:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="76A57163D64A39B66DD1CFD7EC6ADE8D" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Leptomys elegans</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="812F08388419CE1E4B0FC070798CA92B" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1350">Species and subspecies:</emphasis>
3 species:
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Species
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<emphasis id="2ADD5D401778C34B1D905D8E1F677D31" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Leptomys elegans</emphasis>
Thomas 1897
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<paragraph id="BA0C866876B7ADBB27194460D9B87E00" pageNumber="1350">
Species
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<emphasis id="E5BE55C79A79BFA4A808704007579A54" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Leptomys ernstmayri</emphasis>
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Species
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<emphasis id="3A39E94AD38A4FD99EB29F3EF7167AD2" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Leptomys signatus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="673092216EBCC6A3CE8A9724C199C150" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1350">Discussion:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="47694DD3E93929E87199F0D5691561C2" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Xeromys</emphasis>
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Division. Member of the New
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Old Endemics (
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Musser, 1981
<emphasis id="DED516BE9111F38631B444CA9D9E475F" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">c</emphasis>
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). Microcomplement fixation of albumin studies (
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Watts and Baverstock, 1994
<emphasis id="7D6AE545ED24EF91CEDA266D0C157B39" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">a</emphasis>
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, 1995
<emphasis id="8B331D12D59135A9788EC5A0D6EEB49C" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">b</emphasis>
, 1996) and spermatozoal morphology (
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;
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) support membership of
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<emphasis id="6178DA43D78BEF36C0ADAF5B08F33502" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Leptomys</emphasis>
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in a larger clade containing members of our
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<emphasis id="768353DF074C04353209F8546E3ECAA9" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Hydromys</emphasis>
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,
<taxonomicName id="C5D96DA86E1E5521E49891DFB24250D8" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Xeromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="74FD3896748DBA7D2F93E16A3F2F4B5C" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Xeromys</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="27C96E848DF9D9484435FF170DDD3AD2" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Pseudomys</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="73D649D92A2F9FE61FCF0C7B34C5A130" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Uromys</emphasis>
Divisions
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(the &quot;Australasian clade&quot; of
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Watts and Baverstock, 1995
<emphasis id="B15C21955F3B03E9DA0F59C25BB24F8E" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">b</emphasis>
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, 1996), excluding the New
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endemics in the
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<emphasis id="966824C0CBA3382EB81434F3862DF1A0" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Pogonomys</emphasis>
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Division (Anisomyini of
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Watts and Baverstock, 1994
<emphasis id="8CC075C0767273919E09C37784EA54CE" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">a</emphasis>
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) and
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Division. A derived cephalic arterial pattern, along with other morphological features, is shared by
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<emphasis id="54B8D59D1E69B9C9F320068255D103AD" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Leptomys</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="80B7579516A319B4A6D8B3A6912ED807" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Pseudohydromys</emphasis>
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(which includes
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<emphasis id="76A67B7C4DF1EEDBD56DBB612EC66E6C" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Mayermys</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="593C0C3E7EEF5805452D38DB8D0A1CE3" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Neohydromys</emphasis>
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), and
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<emphasis id="342D241E985E669A4B41280A675A29C8" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Lorentzimys</emphasis>
(
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)
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. Certain phallic traits (
<bibRefCitation id="676910A651F8EBE0E72CF104EC5E6C7F" author="Lidicker, W. Z., Jr. &amp; P. V. Brylski" refId="ref212257" refString="Lidicker, W. Z., Jr., and P. V. Brylski. 1987. The conilurine rodent radiation of Australia, analyzed on the basis of phallic morphology. Journal of Mammalogy, 68: 617 - 641." year="1987">Lidicker and Brylski, 1987</bibRefCitation>
), also united
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<emphasis id="608D32B821BD682507AAB52FE3B54C09" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Leptomys</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="8E102B6C72E062398FC4B45EF08DB09E" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Lorentzimys</emphasis>
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, but that association conflicts with analyses of albumin immunology (Watts and Baverstock, 1994) and spermatozoal structure (
<bibRefCitation id="D7D69CE00BA71A2D8B832CBE4066EB4F" author="Breed, W. G. &amp; K. P. Aplin" refId="ref41446" refString="Breed, W. G., and K. P. Aplin. 1994. Sperm morphology of murid rodents from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands: Phylogenetic implications. Australian Journal of Science, 43: 17 - 30." year="1994">Breed and Aplin, 1994</bibRefCitation>
). Chromosomal data provided by
<bibRefCitation id="8AF739B67A8F82713340AACB9A60313B" author="Donnellan, S. C." refId="ref87852" refString="Donnellan, S. C. 1987. Phylogenetic relationships of New Guinean rodents (Rodentia, Muridae) based on chromosomes. Australian Mammalogy, 12: 61 - 67." year="1987">Donnellan (1987)</bibRefCitation>
, but whether the sampled species was
<taxonomicName id="24840073FCA3690EA3D432F0C52778AD" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Leptomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
<emphasis id="5D92273AE03E9ECD26CC10864C6008ED" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">L. elegans</emphasis>
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or
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<emphasis id="F1627817CFC92C396014A8D947343EE6" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">L. ernstmayri</emphasis>
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is unclear.
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Most lists and faunal studies published since 1951 recognized only one species in
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<emphasis id="BFECDB3350B74B6F13EB2C6B0782A103" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">Leptomys</emphasis>
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(
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Flannery, 1990
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;
<bibRefCitation id="B59FFA4CEF4B61986966A4709A4C2132" author="Laurie, E. M. O. &amp; J. E. Hill" refId="ref205065" refString="Laurie, E. M. O., and J. E. Hill. 1954. List of land mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and adjacent islands 1758 - 1952. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 175 pp." year="1954">Laurie and Hill, 1954</bibRefCitation>
;
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;
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), but Rümmler's (1938) revision in which he identified two species (
<taxonomicName id="4B90577DB0EC24B3AF9F16DC993E79BB" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Leptomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
<emphasis id="0CE2C8C6909BBA146ACAB68AB2B2B465" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">L. elegans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="D8D86E731DF1B98FDD63AF79C43C4F25" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">L. ernstmayri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), Tate and Archbold's (1938) description of a third (
<taxonomicName id="22C884271393CE8D6CAAAAE7AC5B1F4D" authorityName="Tate and Archbold" authorityYear="1938" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Leptomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="signatus">
<emphasis id="26D58E4746A94DF436A66A7F77D89682" italics="true" pageNumber="1350">L. signatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and a fourth being described elsewhere (Musser and Lunde, in ms.) accurately reflect the known diversity (Mussers study of specimens in
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and
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)
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.
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