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<mods:namePart>Don E. Wilson</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Russell A. Mittermeier</mods:namePart>
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<figureCitation box="[118,175,515,561]" captionStart="Plate 8: Nesomyidae" captionStartId="2.[111,143,3223,3244]" captionTargetBox="[15,2746,12,3644]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="1. White-tailed Tree Rat (Brachytarsomys albicauda), 2. Hairy-tailed Tree Rat (Brachytarsomys villosus), 3. Sleek-furred Ground Rat (Gymnuromys robert), 4. Antsingy Tufted-tail Rat (Eliurus antsingy), 5. Carleton’s Tufted-tail Rat (Eliurus carletoni), 6. Daniel’s Tufted-tail Rat (Elurus daniels), 7. Ellerman’s Tufted-tail Rat (Eliurus ellermani), 8. Grandidier’s Tufted-tail Rat (Eliurus grandidieri), 9. Major's Tufted-tail Rat (Eliurus majori), 10. Lesser Tufted-taill Rat (Elurus minor), 11. Milne-Edwards’s Tufted-tail Rat (Eliurus myoxinus), 12. White-tailed Tufted-tail Rat (Eliurus penicillatus), 13. Petter’s Tufted-tail Rat (Eliurus petteri), 14. Tanala Tufted-taill Rat (Elwurus tanala), 15. Webb's Tufted-tail Rat (Eliurus webbi), 16. Anjozorobe Naked-tail Forest Mouse (Voalavo antsahabensis), 17. Northern Naked-tail Forest Mouse (Voalavo gymnocaudus), 18. Bastard’s Big-footed Mouse (Macrotarsomys bastardi), 19. Ankarafantsika Big-footed Mouse (Macrotarsomys ingens), 20. Petter’s Big-footed Mouse (Macrotarsomys peter), 21. Koopman' ’ s Forest Mouse (Monticolomys koopmani), 22. Giant Jumping Rat (Hypogeomys antimena), 23. Small Short-tailed Rat (Brachywromys betsileoensis), 24. Large Short-tailed Rat (Brachyuromys ramirohitra), 25. Audebert’s Forest Rat (Nesomys audeberti), 26. Lamberton’s Forest Rat (Nesomys lambertoni), 27. Red Forest Rat (Nesomys rufus), 28. Delany’s Swamp Mouse (Delanymys brooksi), 29. African White-tailed Rat (Mystromys albicaudatus), 30. Shortridge’s Pygmy Rock Mouse (Petromyscus shortridger), 31. Short-eared Pygmy Rock Mouse (Petromyscus monticularis), 32. Barbour’s Pygmy Rock Mouse (Petromyscus barbouri), 33. Common Pygmy Rock Mouse (Petromyscus collinus)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6600516" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6600516/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">34.</figureCitation>
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<vernacularName box="[193,886,515,561]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">Greater Long-tailed Pouched Rat</vernacularName>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Dollman" authorityYear="1914" box="[956,1199,515,561]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Beamys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="12" pageNumber="195" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="major">
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<emphasis box="[956,1199,515,561]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">Beamys major</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[117,193,579,600]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">French:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[202,391,579,600]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">Grand Rat-hamster</vernacularName>
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/
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[411,502,579,600]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">German:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[511,712,579,600]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">Grol3e Hamsterratte</vernacularName>
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<vernacularName box="[834,1086,579,600]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">Rata de abazones grande</vernacularName>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[116,363,617,638]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">Other common names:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName box="[373,580,617,638]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">Greater Pouched Rat</vernacularName>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[728,883,690,719]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authority="Dollman, 1914" authorityName="Dollman" authorityYear="1914" box="[904,1314,690,719]" class="Mammalia" family="Nesomyidae" genus="Beamys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="12" pageNumber="195" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="major">Beamys major Dollman, 1914</taxonomicName>
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,
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, south-east ern Africa
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.
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Some authorities have considered it conspecific with
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but it is morphologically distinct from that species and occupies a different habitat. Monotypic.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[727,903,970,995]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">Distribution.</emphasis>
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N & E Zambia, Malawi, and NC Mozambique (Mt Mabu).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[727,1007,1044,1073]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">Descriptive notes.</emphasis>
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Head-body 136— 173 mm, tail 126-143 mm, ear 19-21 mm, hindfoot 21-25 mm; weight 95-102 g. The Greater Long-tailed Pouched Rat is medium-sized, with well-developed cheek pouches. Fur is soft and gray dorsally, shading to pure white ventrally. Chin, throat, and upper chest are white. Ears are relatively large. Tail is long and prehensile, with conspicuous white markings. Limbs are relatively short and white, with four digits on forefeet and five digits on hindfeet. Males are on average larger than females, with considerable overlap in measurements between sexes.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[114,224,1354,1387]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">Habitat.</emphasis>
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Montane and riparian forests typically at elevations of 500-1000 m.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[114,376,1394,1427]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">Food and Feeding.</emphasis>
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The Greater Long-tailed Pouched Rat mostly eats fruits and seeds that might be cached in burrows. Insects constitute a smaller proportion ofthe diet.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[113,245,1473,1506]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">Breeding.</emphasis>
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Pregnant Greater Long-tailed Pouched Rats have been recorded during the rainy season in November-May. Average litter size is 4-6 young. Growth is rapid, with young reaching 43 g within the first four weeks. Gestation in captivity in the closely related Hinde’s Long-tailed Pouched Rat (
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) is 22-23 days, and longevity is 3—4 years.
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<paragraph blockId="12.[111,1320,1118,2017]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[111,342,1630,1663]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">Activity patterns.</emphasis>
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The Greater Long-tailed Pouched Rat is nocturnal. It is mostly terrestrial but may also climb, using its prehensile tail to assist with negotiating thin branches.
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<paragraph blockId="12.[111,1320,1118,2017]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[113,827,1709,1742]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">Movements, Home range and Social organization.</emphasis>
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Greater Long-tailed Pouched Rat is apparently solitary.
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<subSubSection pageId="12" pageNumber="195" type="conservation">
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<paragraph blockId="12.[111,1320,1118,2017]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[113,469,1788,1821]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">Status and Conservation.</emphasis>
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Not assessed on The IUCN Red List. Although the Greater Long-tailed Pouched Rat is not currently under threat of extinction,it does occupy a rapidly disappearing habitat. Its future survival depends on continued protection of forests in north-eastern Zambia, Malawi, and central Mozambique.
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<paragraph blockId="12.[111,1320,1118,2017]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[112,265,1954,1979]" pageId="12" pageNumber="195">Bibliography.</emphasis>
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Ansell (1978), Ansell & Dowsett (1988), Egoscue (1972), Fitzgibbon et al. (1995), Hanney & Mor ris (1962), Happold (2013e), Monadjem et al. (2015).
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