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<emphasis id="BB4A481E3062B0620712B857F12E15DA" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">Acomys (Acomys) russatus</emphasis>
Wagner 1840
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<emphasis id="FE708E777D66C23299C804DA25625FAB" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">Acomys (Acomys) russatus</emphasis>
Wagner 1840
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,
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.
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<paragraph id="FA877CD9185E1B22777E05061682586F" pageNumber="1199">
<emphasis id="C96030E135269F5BA1CF04E51241E66F" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1199">Type Locality:</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="346658BB130C315F623836754B6F56E0" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4867324923" country="Egypt" pageNumber="1199" stateProvince="Shamal Sina'">
<collectingCountry id="2C00535280E624413F28BD18535CCBFE" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion id="AB7393AE30132090976C951CEC98C331" country="Egypt" name="Shamal Sina'">Sinai</collectingRegion>
.
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<emphasis id="D3FCE930734A6DDC6A576C2C52E1A5EB" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1199">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="32C4F2B8939856E2B5D88D2E9BDF1BC1" language="eng" pageNumber="1199">Golden Spiny Mouse</vernacularName>
.
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<emphasis id="3C5CA07DAD3820BBB4AA8612DCD4BB1F" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1199">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A8E2F1C4A044AD7066135D66249F1B66" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">Acomys (Acomys) aegyptiacus</emphasis>
Bonhote 1912
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="385B79F8194C4949F7A88F11AA49C0F3" authority="Gray 1843" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1843" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1199" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="affinis" subGenus="Acomys">
<emphasis id="00C9A17FA1C8534A47AA30318303C1E3" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">Acomys (Acomys) affinis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="25720E60A88103CFB2BC0ECBA81901B9" authority="Atallah 1970" authorityName="Atallah" authorityYear="1970" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1199" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="harrisoni" subGenus="Acomys">
<emphasis id="2F2ABF5907571C07FB07AD41DB18FA0A" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">Acomys (Acomys) harrisoni</emphasis>
Atallah 1970
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="110CDEACF4520649A6AC2E4786EFDAC4" authority="Atallah 1967" authorityName="Atallah" authorityYear="1967" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1199" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lewisi" subGenus="Acomys">
<emphasis id="778A48F6B260C8A4D2C9E7607EEF9202" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">Acomys (Acomys) lewisi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="DDE6E692DAE749E838EBA2F17DDE6EB6" author="Atallah, S. I." refId="ref14795" refString="Atallah, S. I. 1967. A new species of spiny mouse (Acomys) from Jordan. Journal of Mammalogy, 48: 258 - 261." year="1967">Atallah 1967</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<paragraph id="4403BC535E105517CCF9F1EFDAE146BD" pageNumber="1199">
<emphasis id="6F65F4E3FE34B571DC7A03199C0F66C7" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1199">Distribution:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="881B85A973246AF27E31D55DA6E3AB83" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
east of the Nile (
<bibRefCitation id="73FBB66582CAF52B12AE8C0310837A2E" author="Osborn, D. J. &amp; I. Helmy" refId="ref268547" refString="Osborn, D. J., and I. Helmy. 1980. The contemporary land mammals of Egypt (including Sinai). Fieldiana: Zoology, 5: 1 - 579." year="1980">Osborn and Helmy, 1980</bibRefCitation>
), S and E
<collectingRegion id="D570D02AD8922D20B9B292DAD790C9C8" country="Egypt" name="Shamal Sina'">Sinai</collectingRegion>
(
<bibRefCitation id="DCC7CD687E0046CC5A1F3F69FA03B025" author="Haim, A. &amp; E. Tchernov" refId="ref137110" refString="Haim, A., and E. Tchernov. 1974. The distribution of myomorph rodents in the Sinai peninsula. Mammalia, 38 (2): 201 - 223." year="1974">Haim and Tchernov, 1974</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="848EC41E9CBD55F10C051C518E6E0C8A" author="Nevo, E." refId="ref258143" refString="Nevo, E. 1989. Natural selection of body size differentiation in spiny mice, Acomys. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 54: 81 - 99." year="1989">Nevo, 1989</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="1158F3D746CB27DFF396B6D317A3E59F" author="Saleh, M. A. &amp; M. I. Basuony" refId="ref315239" refString="Saleh, M. A., and M. I. Basuony. 1998. A contribution to the mammalogy of the Sinai Peninsula. Mammalia, 62 (4): 557 - 575." year="1998">Saleh and Basuony, 1998</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="6F9A3B0DFFCBB28B843045705B6545C6" name="Jordan">Jordan</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="284FE226A1235D0124254D100E1E07E9" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="59DDC5AABD09D3ABF52BF078F3864DBF" author="Mendelssohn, H. &amp; Y. Yom-Tov" refId="ref237283" refString="Mendelssohn, H., and Y. Yom-Tov. 1999. Fauna Palaestina. mammalia of Israel. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Keterpress Enterprises, Jerusalem, 439 pp." year="1999">Mendelssohn and Yom-Tov, 1999</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="9BC1F7E8A84FB96AF0C54E9815E15F97" name="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</collectingCountry>
, N
<collectingCountry id="082F9C2D7730088619848D7F48D21B61" name="Yemen">Yemen</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="FAB3FDCFA4A6E76143E6214E0108BF07" author="Al-Jumaily, M. M." refId="ref4335" refString="Al-Jumaily, M. M. 1998. Review of the mammals of the Republic of Yemen. Fauna of Arabia, 17: 477 - 502." year="1998">Al-Jumaily, 1998</bibRefCitation>
), and
<collectingCountry id="B9220D2CA9109DF7D974176BEF916BAF" name="Oman">Oman</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="8E4621866FD711C4FE11E85C0C04CDB8" author="Harrison, D. L. &amp; P. J. J. Bates" refId="ref141262" refString="Harrison, D. L., and P. J. J. Bates. 1991. The mammals of Arabia, Second ed. Harrison Zoological Museum, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, 354 pp." year="1991">Harrison and Bates, 1991</bibRefCitation>
); see Bates (1994).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="078E778AB41D8EF2D8C4E2030DECA0E4" pageNumber="1199">
<emphasis id="3E902BAF3082545B00E46708336FD2B3" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1199">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="7629176C6A8212554AF3297BBA61075E">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="5DCD386E881D6DD4D6B32C55B174D527" pageNumber="1199" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="131A65D3FFFAAEED929575BA958B1AC6" pageNumber="1199">
<emphasis id="025CAE9815B088461A901D9495D05181" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1199">Discussion:</emphasis>
<paragraph id="F3E2765D7D8B81E81C0BB0D7D95007B3" pageNumber="1199">
Subgenus
<taxonomicName id="DF523EC4302C1E1C2D0AC8BC7FE48E6D" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1F0DFC7912387E01582AA7585C9E998B" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">Acomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Qumsiyeh et al. (1986) retained
<taxonomicName id="E7613BB901CE347D6078A694CB50DF05" authorityName="Atallah" authorityYear="1967" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lewisi">
<emphasis id="40E1F8916CDCAE43F9690E22F58C7A9E" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">lewisi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a species because fur color and bacular morphology of
<taxonomicName id="04BA06F0C959F3E826CEB0AE2E64DF1A" authorityName="Atallah" authorityYear="1967" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lewisi">
<emphasis id="CE50095816AA73572D7428EC9761D0C5" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">lewisi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are distinctive compared with
<taxonomicName id="4F7A5E82CB220776BB519DF7B0FE3B5D" authority="(Atallah, 1967)" baseAuthorityName="Atallah" baseAuthorityYear="1967" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="russatus">
<emphasis id="FA4B812487701324EA7166ED9EF61EAE" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">A. russatus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="CC72F0EC124C8137B01F896A26359F6F" author="Atallah, S. I." refId="ref14795" refString="Atallah, S. I. 1967. A new species of spiny mouse (Acomys) from Jordan. Journal of Mammalogy, 48: 258 - 261." year="1967">Atallah, 1967</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, even though the karyotype of
<taxonomicName id="540103519A729A6C154A0E5148DF261D" authorityName="Atallah" authorityYear="1967" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lewisi">
<emphasis id="77F827456E9E4FDFBB20869C9C916DA1" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">lewisi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="9F27FEEF48EB5045F6AEB58AD0D26027" name="Jordan">Jordan</collectingCountry>
is indistinguishable from
<taxonomicName id="C0433C29E4BD03A56402CF4210A12F59" baseAuthorityName="Atallah" baseAuthorityYear="1967" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="russatus">
<emphasis id="D990B84416CD6F27A98BEB294770FF68" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">A. russatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, based on morphological evidence,
<taxonomicName id="809004A4390FCD8AE30220A080A31C76" authorityName="Atallah" authorityYear="1967" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lewisi">
<emphasis id="2CC44A770DC52DA1E444F5B80552126C" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">lewisi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was included in
<taxonomicName id="A6C83F524A64A5E3C1BE2679637B00DD" baseAuthorityName="Atallah" baseAuthorityYear="1967" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="russatus">
<emphasis id="FDAF3F909D8270C58645ABA2B672AB5C" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">A. russatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by other systematists (
<bibRefCitation id="DED4F17651AD3D7D8A79B57EA1CECE8F" author="Corbet, G. B." refId="ref67548" refString="Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp." year="1978">
Corbet, 1978
<emphasis id="39B1171B0CC245EBFE05125044CDA906" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">c</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="071A30EAECCFFF50AA993A87B061326E" author="Harrison, D. L. &amp; P. J. J. Bates" refId="ref141262" refString="Harrison, D. L., and P. J. J. Bates. 1991. The mammals of Arabia, Second ed. Harrison Zoological Museum, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, 354 pp." year="1991">Harrison and Bates, 1991</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4CF0BC13C67BAE02B41B5E0B7F2DBE2E" author="Osborn, D. J. &amp; I. Helmy" refId="ref268547" refString="Osborn, D. J., and I. Helmy. 1980. The contemporary land mammals of Egypt (including Sinai). Fieldiana: Zoology, 5: 1 - 579." year="1980">Osborn and Helmy, 1980</bibRefCitation>
), an allocation also supported by genetic data (
<bibRefCitation id="4950BF8A3AF1B8AA1AB995DC0810494D" 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>
). See
<bibRefCitation id="4D55EC4AC985F593EA5CE921B4929E4A" author="Nevo, E." refId="ref258117" refString="Nevo, E. 1985. Genetic differentiation and speciation in spiny mice, Acomys. Acta Zoologica Fennica, 170: 131 - 136." year="1985">Nevo (1985</bibRefCitation>
, 1989, and references therein) for additional chromosomal data and its significance.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="83C249031011E2C3EC5E7072CB93A02A" pageNumber="1199">
Among species of
<taxonomicName id="445E10AC09A9CF2936F85D28F6354F25" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6C094AA04E67E8AEF83E139E0A2F1E71" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">Acomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="E66F6489A1535CF2B91DCB128DDE974C" baseAuthorityName="Atallah" baseAuthorityYear="1967" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Acomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="russatus">
<emphasis id="A4D503DA5EC021C4005650A53C3BFCD6" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">A. russatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is very distinctive in its molar morphology (
<bibRefCitation id="12CF84F045EE8FE48EC7833A5EDB9D07" 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>
) and chromosomal traits (2n = 66), an isolation bolstered by phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA cytochrome
<emphasis id="BF3C45702E554B70483334245E4C5B2B" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">b</emphasis>
sequences, which does not associate it closely with any other single species or any species in the
<emphasis id="31FE4466514B47E2BA7CC0185D76B776" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">
A. cahirinus-A.
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</emphasis>
group (
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,
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2001
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,
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).
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<emphasis id="9C0FC718352B09BDAF96901031885A24" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">Acomys russatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="518ED4F0219E0D6EC5AA62BDFBFF5385" italics="true" pageNumber="1199">A. dimidiatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are sympatric in
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and Arabia, and their similarities and differences in ecology, physiology, and activity patterns where they coexist in
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have been extensively documented (see references in
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)
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.
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