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<document ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4654552" ID-GBIF-Dataset="0c7614b2-dba9-4640-b42c-348382dfe59b" ID-GBIF-Taxon="180789244" ID-ISSN="0067-1975" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4654552" checkinTime="1617226809017" checkinUser="felipe" docAuthor="Groves, C. P. & Flannery, Tim F." docDate="1994" docId="DD3387ECFFDC6656763A3F04F998F730" 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 (Cyromys) rex" docType="treatment" docVersion="6" lastPageNumber="150" masterDocId="210AFF94FFD96653775A3829FF9EFFD1" masterDocTitle="A revision of the genus Uromys Peters, 1867 (Muridae: Mammalia) with descriptions of two new species" masterLastPageNumber="169" masterPageNumber="145" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" 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:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Groves, C. P.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Flannery, Tim F.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:title>Records of the Australian Museum</mods:title>
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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:detail type="volume">
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<mods:number>46</mods:number>
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<mods:number>2</mods:number>
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<mods:start>145</mods:start>
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<mods:end>169</mods:end>
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<mods:url>https://journals.australian.museum/groves-and-flannery-1994-rec-aust-mus-462-145169/</mods:url>
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<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.12</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="GBIF-Dataset">0c7614b2-dba9-4640-b42c-348382dfe59b</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ISSN">0067-1975</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Zenodo-Dep">4654701</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4654552" ID-GBIF-Taxon="180789244" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4654552" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:DD3387ECFFDC6656763A3F04F998F730" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/DD3387ECFFDC6656763A3F04F998F730" lastPageNumber="150" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">
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<subSubSection box="[352,1065,1837,1877]" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph blockId="5.[352,1065,1837,1877]" box="[352,1065,1837,1877]" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">
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<heading box="[352,1065,1837,1877]" centered="true" fontSize="10" level="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" reason="2">
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<taxonomicName authority="(Thomas, 1888)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[352,1065,1837,1877]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rex" subGenus="Cyromys">
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<emphasis box="[352,766,1837,1877]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">Uromys (Cyromys) rex</emphasis>
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(Thomas, 1888)
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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 pageId="5" pageNumber="150" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph blockId="5.[218,1198,1959,2078]" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">
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Type material.
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3066985308" collectionCode="BM" collectorName="C. M. Woodford." country="Solomon Islands" location="Guadalcanal" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" specimenCode="BM 88.1" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Guadalcanal" typeStatus="holotype">
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<typeStatus box="[525,689,1959,1995]" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">HOLOTYPE</typeStatus>
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,
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<specimenCode box="[711,854,1959,1995]" collectionCode="BM" country="United Kingdom" name="Bristol Museum" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">BM 88.1</specimenCode>
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.5.34, adult male skin and skull collected at Aola,
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<collectingRegion box="[672,861,2001,2036]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Guadalcanal" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">Guadalcanal</collectingRegion>
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[886,1143,2001,2036]" name="Solomon Islands" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">Solomon Islands</collectingCountry>
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by
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<collectorName box="[218,475,2043,2078]" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">C.M. Woodford.</collectorName>
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</materialsCitation>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="5.[216,1197,2148,2739]" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">
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Revised diagnosis. Larger than
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<taxonomicName box="[895,1110,2148,2188]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="porculus">
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<emphasis box="[895,1110,2148,2188]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">U. porculus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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but smaller than
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<emphasis box="[465,704,2194,2234]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[465,699,2194,2234]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="imperator">U. imperator</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Differing further from
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1888" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="imperator">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">U. imperator</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in its relatively narrower molar rows and shorter, broader skull with an especially broad, deep rostrum; its extreme development of the frontotemporal ridges; the more arched posterior nasal ends which are level with the posterior ends of the lachrymals; the absence of a post palatal spine; the very oblique ascending ramus with strongly-developed tubercle and ridges, and slender, pointed coronoid. Externally it differs in its longer tail, larger pads on the hindfeet, and larger, more rasp-like tail scales (7-9 per cm versus 9-11 per cm).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="5.[212,1201,2806,3213]" lastBlockId="5.[1269,2252,428,2273]" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">
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Discussion.
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[504,939,2806,2845]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rex" subGenus="Cyromys">
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<emphasis box="[504,939,2806,2845]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">Uromys (Cyromys) rex</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is the only species of
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<emphasis box="[421,661,2851,2891]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">
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U. (
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1910" box="[495,650,2851,2891]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="166" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Cyromys">Cyromys</taxonomicName>
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)
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</emphasis>
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for which the soft palate is known (
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<figureCitation box="[368,486,2897,2937]" 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="5" pageNumber="150">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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).
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<collectionCode box="[535,603,2897,2937]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
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<accessionNumber box="[631,771,2897,2937]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/M19740" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">M19740</accessionNumber>
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is an aged individual which shows an intriguing soft palate configuration. There are seven interdental ridges, as opposed to the five that are seen in the species of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" box="[952,1103,3036,3075]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[952,1103,3036,3075]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">Melomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<emphasis box="[212,421,3081,3121]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Tate & Archbold" authorityYear="1941" box="[212,416,3081,3121]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Xenuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Xenuromys</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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The interdental ridges are, however, irregular and incomplete. The increased number of ridges is clearly apomorphic and reminiscent of the condition of
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<emphasis box="[1516,1745,428,467]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">
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U. (
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1867" box="[1589,1728,428,467]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Uromys</taxonomicName>
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),
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</emphasis>
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where between 10 and 12 interdental ridges can be present. Their irregularity and incompleteness in the only specimen of
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<emphasis box="[2015,2251,520,560]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">
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U. (
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1910" box="[2086,2240,520,560]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="166" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Cyromys">Cyromys</taxonomicName>
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)
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</emphasis>
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thus far known, however, does not resemble the condition in
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<emphasis box="[1515,1744,612,651]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">
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U. (
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1867" box="[1588,1728,612,651]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Uromys</taxonomicName>
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).
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</emphasis>
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We are unsure of how to interpret this feature. It may be pathological (the animal is extremely aged), or it may be the normal condition, in which case it must be regarded as a synapomorphy for
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<emphasis box="[1354,1595,796,839]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">
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U. (
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1910" box="[1431,1584,796,839]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="166" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Cyromys">Cyromys</taxonomicName>
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)
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</emphasis>
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or
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<emphasis box="[1692,1817,796,839]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[1692,1812,796,839]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rex">U. rex</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Within
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">
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U. (
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1910" box="[2075,2232,796,839]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="166" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Cyromys">Cyromys</taxonomicName>
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),
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[1276,1394,842,882]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rex">U. rex</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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is the most derived of the three species in many respects, despite its superficial resemblance to
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<emphasis box="[1276,1511,936,974]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[1276,1506,936,974]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="imperator">U. imperator</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="5.[1269,2252,428,2273]" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">
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The original series of seven specimens were collected at Aola by Woodford in 1887. The greater numbers of this species relative to the other two species of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1867" box="[1524,1666,1124,1164]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[1524,1666,1124,1164]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">Uromys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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found on Guadalcanal by Woodford may suggest that even at this time it was the commonest taxon. It is the only one of the species of
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<taxonomicName authority="" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1910" box="[1339,1674,1262,1302]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Cyromys">
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<emphasis box="[1339,1674,1262,1302]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">Uromys (Cyromys)</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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to have been collected since Woodford's work. The Australian Museum holds a specimen in alcohol with the skull extracted (
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<collectionCode box="[2183,2251,1354,1393]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
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<accessionNumber box="[1272,1426,1400,1439]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/M13594" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">M13594</accessionNumber>
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) which was collected on Guadalcanal. Unfortunately, it lacks other data. A flat skin (
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<collectionCode box="[2183,2251,1446,1486]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
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<accessionNumber box="[1271,1415,1492,1532]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/M19739" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">M19739</accessionNumber>
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) belonging either to this species or
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[2033,2252,1492,1532]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="imperator">
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<emphasis box="[2033,2252,1492,1532]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">U. imperator</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(see above, under
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<emphasis box="[1627,1869,1538,1578]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[1627,1858,1538,1578]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="imperator">U. imperator</taxonomicName>
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)
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</emphasis>
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is also held in the Australian Museum. There are two specimens (skins with skulls) in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu,
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<collectingRegion box="[1271,1395,1676,1715]" country="United States of America" name="Hawaii" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">Hawaii</collectingRegion>
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<collectingCountry box="[1429,1512,1676,1715]" name="United States of America" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">USA</collectingCountry>
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(
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<accessionNumber box="[1551,1775,1676,1715]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/BBM23988" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">
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</accessionNumber>
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and 24101), collected at Tabila, Guadalcanal, in June, 1964, by Peter Shanahan.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="5.[1269,2252,428,2273]" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[1322,1523,1773,1813]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rex">
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<emphasis box="[1322,1523,1773,1813]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">Uromys rex</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is still to be found on
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<collectingRegion box="[1960,2174,1773,1813]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Guadalcanal" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">Guadalcanal</collectingRegion>
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, the most recent known specimen (
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<collectionCode box="[1868,1936,1820,1859]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
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<accessionNumber box="[1969,2113,1820,1859]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/M19746" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">M19746</accessionNumber>
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) being collected by one of us (
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<collectionCode box="[1709,1784,1865,1905]" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">TFF</collectionCode>
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) in a relict outlier of tall rainforest in the Poha Valley north ofHoniara in 1987. It was climbing a liane high in the canopy when sighted. In its size, external morphology and habits it is convergent upon
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1902" box="[1757,2134,2050,2089]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Solomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sapientis">
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<emphasis box="[1757,2134,2050,2089]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">Solomys sapientis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and S.
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<emphasis box="[1323,1511,2096,2135]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">salebrosus.</emphasis>
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It seems plausible that this species has been able to survive because of its arboreal habits while the terrestrial
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[1660,1985,2188,2227]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="5" pageNumber="150" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="imperator" subGenus="Cyromys">
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<emphasis box="[1660,1985,2188,2227]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="150">U. (C.) imperator</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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has evidently become extinct.
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