Contribution to the systematics and zoogeography of the East-African Acomys spinosissimus Peters, 1852 species complex and the description of two new species (Rodentia: Muridae)
| dc.contributor.author | Verheyen, W. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hulselmans, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wendelen, W. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Leirs, H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Corti, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Backeljau, T. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Verheyen, E. | |
| dc.date | 2011 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-15T10:04:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-03-15T10:04:58Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/1218 | |
| dc.description | We revised the taxonomic status of the putative <I>Acomys spinosissimus </I>complex based on the comparative study of speci-men collections from Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, DR Congo and South Africa, by means of analysis of external morphology, craniometry, enzymes, mitochondrial DNA sequences and karyology. Our results confirm that <I>A. spinosissimus </I>represents a complex of species with seemingly non-overlapping distribution ranges. The distribution range of <I>A. spinosissimus </I>appears to be restricted between the Zambesi and Limpopo Rivers, while the reinstated <I>A. selousi </I>(that includes <I>A. transvaalensis</I>) occurs further to the South (<I>i.e</I>. northern limit seemingly just north of the Limpopo River). The investigated populations north of the Zambezi River are morphologically and genetically distinct from <I>A. spinosissimus </I>and <I>A. selousi</I>. Based on this evidence, we described <I>Acomys muzei </I><B>sp. nov. </B>and <I>Acomys ngurui </I><B>sp. nov., </B>each one occur-ring separately along one side of the Eastern Arc Mountains. Finally, we lacked sufficient information to describe a third new species from the area north of the Zambesi River. | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.title | Contribution to the systematics and zoogeography of the East-African <EM>Acomys spinosissimus</EM> Peters, 1852 species complex and the description of two new species (Rodentia: Muridae) | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dc.subject.frascati | Biological sciences | |
| dc.audience | Scientific | |
| dc.subject.free | Biological collection and data management | |
| dc.source.title | Zootaxa | |
| dc.source.volume | 3059 | |
| dc.source.page | 1-38 | |
| Orfeo.peerreviewed | Yes | |
| dc.identifier.rmca | 2539 |
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