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    Afrotropical forest-dwelling mongooses (Mammalia: Herpestidae: Crossarchus) investigated by craniometry and mitochondrial DNA. Harry Van Rompaey passed away before this study was finalized (5 April 1936 2 February 2007)

    Authors
    Sonet, G.
    Colyn, M.
    Verheyen, E.
    Nagy, Z.
    Wendelen, W.
    Van Rompaey, H.
    Hulselmans, J.
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    Discipline
    Biological sciences
    Subject
    Biological collection and data management
    Audience
    Scientific
    Date
    2014
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    On the basis of craniometry, the last systematic revision of cusimanses recognized four species distributed from Guinea (Conakry) to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Here, we (re)investigated cusimanses including new specimens collected in Benin, in eastern Cameroon (near the Dja River) and in Central African Republic (CAR) where cusimanses were so far presumed to be absent or had been barely sampled. Using craniometry and two mitochondrial DNA fragments (16S rDNA and cytochrome b), we were able to classify most investigated specimens according to the current taxonomy (viz. Crossarchus obscurus, C. platycephalus, C. alexandri and C. ansorgei). Interestingly, all the specimens from CAR clustered unambiguously with Crossarchus alexandri in the DNA-based analyses but exhibited skull dimensions that were distinct from the four recognized species. Our craniometric and mitochondrial DNA analyses offered two valuable complementary viewpoints to characterize cusimanses but were insufficient to provide a firm taxonomic conclusion about the specimens from CAR. Phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial DNA suggested that the two sympatric species living on the left bank of the Congo River were sister-species.
    Citation
    Sonet, G.; Colyn, M.; Verheyen, E.; Nagy, Z.; Wendelen, W.; Van Rompaey, H.; Hulselmans, J. (2014). Afrotropical forest-dwelling mongooses (Mammalia: Herpestidae: Crossarchus) investigated by craniometry and mitochondrial DNA. Harry Van Rompaey passed away before this study was finalized (5 April 1936 2 February 2007). , Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12066.
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    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/2067
    doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12066
    Type
    Article
    Peer-Review
    Yes
    Language
    eng
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