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    Morphometric variation in Hylomyscus alleni and H.stella (Rodentia: Muridae) and descriptiion of a new species.

    Authors
    Nicolas, V.
    Wendelen, W.
    Barriere, P.
    Dudu, A.
    Colyn, M.
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    Discipline
    Biological sciences
    Subject
    Biological collection and data management
    Audience
    Scientific
    Date
    2008
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    Description
    We compared 7 populations of woodmice, Hylomyscus stella (Thomas, 1911), from west-central, east-central, and east Africa using traditional morphometric data of the cranium. Our results are congruent with previous molecular and cytogenetic data, and demonstrate that specimens previously identified as H. stella represent 2 cryptic species: H. stella from east-central and east Africa, and Hylomyscus sp. nov. from west-central Africa. According to current knowledge, the new species of Hylomyscus is a forest-dwelling species inhabiting the region between the Sanaga River and the Oubangui and Congo rivers in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, and Republic of the Congo. It is sympatric, and even syntopic, with the morphologically closely related species H. alleni. These 2 cryptic species can be distinguished by traditional morphometric analysis of the cranium and by examination of molecular data.
    Citation
    Nicolas, V.; Wendelen, W.; Barriere, P.; Dudu, A.; Colyn, M. (2008). Morphometric variation in Hylomyscus alleni and H.stella (Rodentia: Muridae) and descriptiion of a new species.. , Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 89 (1), 222-231,
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    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/296
    Type
    Article
    Peer-Review
    Yes
    Language
    eng
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