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<emphasis id="4B350161F822CC33840C7149EF9AB36A" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">Acomys (Acomys) wilsoni</emphasis>
Thomas 1892
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<emphasis id="1520059187669FA4D4D1189675871566" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">Acomys (Acomys) wilsoni</emphasis>
Thomas 1892
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,
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.
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<paragraph id="BBEFAC3AFA48AB9D4F4D96413A2A8EDB" pageNumber="1200">
<emphasis id="288AECA2FEE53867A123A094AEBE9E6C" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1200">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="F001E3CC7E09E994725283A0AF45F176" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="846F381536A14D1FB2FC1647646D1EAD" name="Kenya">Mombasa</collectingCountry>
.
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<paragraph id="CE5DBA834B71D911CEA8DF9DA000DC62" pageNumber="1200">
<emphasis id="B4150D807E2838506B98EA18FB7B8520" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1200">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="6C1781153C411205E2B45A32BE1E8348" language="eng" pageNumber="1200">Wilson's Spiny mouse</vernacularName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C0CE4B4221EDEB67321F1EB13D4BC298" pageNumber="1200">
<emphasis id="ABC35497738BAF76DADA885A59A73AA8" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1200">Synonyms:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="CE0B9CAC7F3C83EC441F9A4FD1458A6C" authority="Dollman 1911" authorityName="Dollman" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1200" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ablutus" subGenus="Acomys">
<emphasis id="52EF33DFB74F92081F7EB1AA7E3D228A" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">Acomys (Acomys) ablutus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="A786920A27944C1EE92505B55A70E6AC" author="Dollman, G." refId="ref87523" refString="Dollman, G. 1911. On Arvicanthis abyssinicus and allied East-African species, with descriptions of four new forms. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 8: 334 - 353." year="1911">Dollman 1911</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="9304C4CB0A1253E8161A7F06D3F530CD" authority="Hinton and Kershaw 1920" authorityName="Hinton and Kershaw" authorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1200" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="argillaceus" subGenus="Acomys">
<emphasis id="AFFDAD689973C0E88181EA784AF0ECA5" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">Acomys (Acomys) argillaceus</emphasis>
Hinton and Kershaw 1920
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="79DF95A905210FB89CB795260DD25596" authority="De Beaux 1934" authorityName="De Beaux" authorityYear="1934" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1200" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boronei" subGenus="Acomys">
<emphasis id="6E9508EFD7346FD41F097AFF4FF8ACB6" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">Acomys (Acomys) boronei</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="6C4E36E06E63FB9F30F663A0DFECC832" author="de Beaux, O." refId="ref76166" refString="de Beaux, O. 1934. Mammiferi raccolti dal Prof. G. Scorteccinella Somalia Italiana Centrale e Settentrionale Nel 1931 con l'aggiunta di aleuni mammiferi della Somalia Italiana meridionale. Atti della Societa Italiana De Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico Di Storia Naturale in Milano, 73: 261 - 300." year="1934">De Beaux 1934</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="83BC468D4EFBF93A63A24067DC35BE9F" authority="St. Leger 1932" authorityName="St. Leger" authorityYear="1932" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1200" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="enid" subGenus="Acomys">
<emphasis id="A02996BAC8290BE2C7C1C845A2C90805" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">Acomys (Acomys) enid</emphasis>
St. Leger 1932
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="86EBE2A33983698D0FA578FD8EDCFC4E" authority="Dollman 1914" authorityName="Dollman" authorityYear="1914" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1200" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nubilus" subGenus="Acomys">
<emphasis id="783065552F31ECD8F0B12BFB76BE59DE" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">Acomys (Acomys) nubilus</emphasis>
Dollman 1914
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="EC1A45F55125665EAE4659DACBDE5A9F" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1200">Distribution:</emphasis>
S
<collectingCountry id="84F33538EC0BF329BE5EE16F1CDE5A86" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
, S
<collectingCountry id="48F6E7219C7A9A74623F0B00B2DD74DF" name="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
, S
<collectingCountry id="6EFBF6BA4F6191DDA3E6103356D9438E" name="Somalia">Somalia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="D49FC4B563457EE92F2A12DE21B10704" name="Uganda">Uganda</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="7D159285CDFBBF3AFF19D7F3B3E3CC34" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
, and south to EC
<collectingCountry id="ED81036903DBD9E9AABE35C5FE695651" name="Tanzania">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
(Kondoa; specimens in
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); see Bates (1994); limits unknown.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="CE9EC4F9DFA50FD6947A56E33FA10233" pageNumber="1200" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="882B1D27D8A76A2582CDA77A32351543" pageNumber="1200">
<emphasis id="C3357A38D10232AB412D8960DFE72F5F" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1200">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="2A79A2343DF642CB7A19153340C64840">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="8A9B1611031D14035EFA1B5D6307B80E" pageNumber="1200" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="9C84584DE8ECDCAE4CA02387F7DCBC39" pageNumber="1200">
<emphasis id="19E57424E01F87ADE66FC2710AE37340" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1200">Discussion:</emphasis>
Subgenus
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<emphasis id="C4E69DB3B03672EB362090E081065174" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">Acomys</emphasis>
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. Formerly included in
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<emphasis id="38D762AC5C4CE4C3ACBB0CC81FE362AA" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">A. subspinosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="FDC6647FFBECA739D812DD391E8B8DBA" author="Setzer, H. W." refId="ref324155" refString="Setzer, H. W. 1975. Genus Acomys. Part 6.5. Pp. 1 - 2, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.) [issued 10 Dec 1975]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated." year="1975">Setzer (1975)</bibRefCitation>
but considered a species by most systematists (
<bibRefCitation id="3AF510C15E7A68F7FE9453779910B2BF" author="Corbet, G. B. &amp; J. E. Hill" refId="ref67916" refString="Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1991. A world list of mammalian species. Third ed. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 243 pp." year="1991">Corbet and Hill, 1991</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="FD3C78CF701678A4817EBF29F4C47271" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref92857" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp." year="1941">Ellerman, 1941</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="F27CD8E8CF8453734837CEDB296FA9C4" author="Hollister, N." refId="ref157105" refString="Hollister, N. 1919. East African mammals in the United States National Museum. Part II. Rodentia, Lagomorpha, and Tubulidentata. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 99 (2): 1 - 184." year="1919">Hollister, 1919</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="1C07A3E9BD013A17F7464BC067ECC8F3" author="Matthey, R." refId="ref231548" refString="Matthey, R. 1968. Cytogenetique et taxonomie du genre Acomys. A. percivali Dollman et A. wilson Thomas, especes D'Abyssinie. Mammalia, 32: 621 - 627." year="1968">Matthey, 1968</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="8819582429F497FB0073988D3F8FBBBB" author="Musser, G. G. &amp; M. D. Carleton" refId="ref252333" refString="Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501 - 755, in: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., xviii + 1206 pp." year="1993">Musser and Carleton, 1993</bibRefCitation>
; F.
<bibRefCitation id="9F265E983803B8C939D644C8EEB97861" author="Petter, F." refId="ref284380" refString="Petter, F. 1983. Elements d'une revision des Acomys Africains. Un sous-genre nouveau, Peracomys Petter et Roche, 1981 (Rongeurs, Murides). Annales Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren-Belgique, ser. 8 (Sciences Zoologiques), 237: 109 - 119." year="1983">Petter, 1983</bibRefCitation>
; F.
<bibRefCitation id="812AFF3438A37A475ACE26344EEEA509" author="Petter, F. &amp; J. Roche" refId="ref284657" refString="Petter, F., and J. Roche. 1981. Remarques preliminaires sur la systematique des Acomys (Rongeurs, Muridae) Peracomys, sous-genre nouveau. Mammalia, 45: 381 - 383." year="1981">Petter and Roche, 1981</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="C72505839A917BC0571A2D7376182AAA" author="Rupp, H." refId="ref312607" refString="Rupp, H. 1980. Beitrage zur Systematik, Verbreitung und Okologie athiopischer Nagetiere. Ergebnisse mehrerer Forschungsreisen. Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen, 28 (2): 81 - 123." year="1980">Rupp, 1980</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="B998EB2BDF5B7766A3E377F2674F6FB3" author="Yalden, D. W. &amp; M. J. Largen &amp; D. Kock" refId="ref397218" refString="Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, and D. Kock. 1976. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia. 2. Insectivora and Rodentia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 8 (1): 1 - 118." year="1976">Yalden et al., 1976</bibRefCitation>
). Genetically most similar to
<taxonomicName id="6CF996118D51AD1579330A52F213C3B5" authority="(Janecek et al., 1991)" baseAuthorityName="Janecek" baseAuthorityYear="1991" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="percivali">
<emphasis id="86624DF744C12F1CDACF498CFA5A691C" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">A. percivali</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="9519E0EA155AC7743F05985173955DC1" author="Janecek, L. L. &amp; D. A. Schlitter &amp; I. L. Rautenbach" refId="ref171931" refString="Janecek, L. L., D. A. Schlitter, and I. L. Rautenbach. 1991. A genic comparison of spiny mice, genus Acomys. Journal of Mammalogy, 72: 542 - 552." year="1991">Janecek et al., 1991</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
with which it occurs sympatrically (
<bibRefCitation id="C645B9FABCC4D60064F92DEFB94AA703" author="Neal, B. R." refId="ref257134" refString="Neal, B. R. 1983. The breeding pattern of two species of spiny mice, Acomys percivali and A. wilsoni (Muridae: Rodentia), in central Kenya. Mammalia, 47: 311 - 321." year="1983">Neal, 1983</bibRefCitation>
, for example, studied the breeding patterns in both species from the same locality in C
<collectingCountry id="5EB1D2BF6CE45AFDDCAD37E06847143C" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
);
<bibRefCitation id="1EB3910D70AD5BC13E18AB47876BF91B" author="Denys, C. &amp; J. - C. Gautun &amp; M. Tranier &amp; V. Volobouev" refId="ref82313" refString="Denys, C., J. - C. Gautun, M. Tranier, and V. Volobouev. 1994. Evolution of the genus Acomys (Rodentia, Muridae) from dental and chromosomal patterns. Israel Journal of Zoology, 40: 215 - 246." year="1994">Denys et al. (1994)</bibRefCitation>
noted a close similarity in molar patterns between the two species. Specimens of
<taxonomicName id="6F57E4288757F43D614572F7CA678088" authorityName="Dollman" authorityYear="1914" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nubilus">
<emphasis id="6735C0DC3F2953BFB92E8EEC4BE1E5EC" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">nubilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are larger and longer-tailed than
<taxonomicName id="265A263A0A0B0CF913951D2E4545FCAC" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1892" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wilsoni">
<emphasis id="CC4CD79FF51F0B07E8A0F10A3B6BC1D9" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">wilsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and may represent a separate species;
<bibRefCitation id="E4A3F9392725DF35702B9A4347C7EC9D" author="de Beaux, O." refId="ref76166" refString="de Beaux, O. 1934. Mammiferi raccolti dal Prof. G. Scorteccinella Somalia Italiana Centrale e Settentrionale Nel 1931 con l'aggiunta di aleuni mammiferi della Somalia Italiana meridionale. Atti della Societa Italiana De Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico Di Storia Naturale in Milano, 73: 261 - 300." year="1934">de Beaux's (1934)</bibRefCitation>
description of
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<emphasis id="E29542CC8CD772FBEB39F36094D7C60C" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">boronei</emphasis>
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recalls
<taxonomicName id="D1A0C5C28CDD04C37DF7FA1F9194584E" authorityName="Dollman" authorityYear="1914" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nubilus">
<emphasis id="C9A3397F58A17A6E3E51F7B6A6347612" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">nubilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Those two names possibly represent the closely related
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<emphasis id="20880C6C0CB150CB6843915214582559" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">A. percivali</emphasis>
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, which has a longer tail relative to head and body length than does
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<emphasis id="3D3C6C84C4CDC090816BD3F9A88953D7" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">A. wilsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The need to revise the
<emphasis id="5AFF2B63F5D45FAD7C125D8ACF3D76A4" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">
A. wilsoni-A.
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</emphasis>
species complex was stressed by
<bibRefCitation id="3403156112814F138E9B669635222A58" author="Denys, C. &amp; J. - C. Gautun &amp; M. Tranier &amp; V. Volobouev" refId="ref82313" refString="Denys, C., J. - C. Gautun, M. Tranier, and V. Volobouev. 1994. Evolution of the genus Acomys (Rodentia, Muridae) from dental and chromosomal patterns. Israel Journal of Zoology, 40: 215 - 246." year="1994">Denys et al. (1994)</bibRefCitation>
.
<bibRefCitation id="B8E511E5FA1846E9815FF6CC23C36067" author="Matthey, R." refId="ref231548" refString="Matthey, R. 1968. Cytogenetique et taxonomie du genre Acomys. A. percivali Dollman et A. wilson Thomas, especes D'Abyssinie. Mammalia, 32: 621 - 627." year="1968">Matthey (1968)</bibRefCitation>
documented chromosomal traits (2n = 50). Our study of specimens indicates
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<emphasis id="4CAD16F5412CEE437344282FBE3452AD" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">A. wilsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(and
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<emphasis id="47F994F00283118694AD2A87FE68F8D6" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">A. percivali</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) to be very different from species in the
<emphasis id="2EF6CE245A88D5A1CE096A3B64A44423" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">
A. cahirinus-A.
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</emphasis>
group, and all other species of
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<emphasis id="55728CB16B7206FD42C46CD359AF73CA" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">Acomys</emphasis>
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, a conclusion reinforced by phylogenetic analyses of mtDNA cytochrome
<emphasis id="1FF96B9B76868042B2C7E1D7B1581C3C" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">b</emphasis>
gene sequences among species of
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<emphasis id="029A99688BF3FFE267A2F88235EE338A" italics="true" pageNumber="1200">Acomys</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="31B7CE7B011F099C59A52276DCF43DF9" author="Barome, P. - O. &amp; M. Monnerot &amp; J. - C. Gautun" refId="ref21081" refString="Barome, P. - O., M. Monnerot, and J. - C. Gautun. 2000. Phylogeny of the genus Acomys (Rodentia, Muridae) based on the cytochrome b mitochondrial gene: Implications on taxonomy and phylogeography. Mammalia, 64 (4): 423 - 438." year="2000">Barome et al., 2000</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
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