Acomys (Acomys) spinosissimus Peters 1852
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Acomys (Acomys) spinosissimus Peters 1852
Acomys (Acomys) spinosissimus Peters 1852, Reise nach Mossambique, Saugethiere: 160.
Type Locality: Mozambique, Tette and Buio.
Vernacular Names: Southern African Spiny Mouse.
Synonyms: Acomys (Acomys) selousi De Winton 1896; Acomys (Acomys) transvaalensis Roberts 1926.
Distribution: NE Tanzania (Amani; series in USNM) and EC Tanzania (Kilosa and Morogoro regions; specimens in FMNH and MNHN), SE Dem. Rep. Congo, Zambia, Malawi (Chitaukali et al., 2001, on Nyika Plateau; Denys et al., 1999), Zimbabwe, E Botswana, C Mozambique, and N and NW South Africa; see Bates (1994).
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Subgenus Acomys. Revised by Dippenaar and Rautenbach (1986). Genetic data indicated that A. spinosissimus should be placed in a species-group separate from other Acomys (Janecek et al., 1991). Barome et al. (2001 b) reported morphological and molecular analyses of A. spinosissimus from Tanzania and Malawi compared with samples from farther south in the range. Their results not only demonstrated the monophyly of all geographic samples (from Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and NE South Africa) of A. spinosissimus, but also the distinctiveness of this species compared with South African A. subspinosus and other northern species (A. wilsoni, A. russatus, A. ignitus, A. airensis, A. cahirinus, and A. dimidiatus; see also Barome et al., 2000). Reviewed by de Graaf (1997 b).
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Peters
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Acomys
- Species
- spinosissimus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Acomys (Acomys) spinosissimus Peters, 1852 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Peters, W. C. H. 1852. Reise nach Mossambique. I. Saugethiere. Druck & Verlag, Berlin, 202 pp.
- Chitaukali, W. N., H. Burda, and D. Kock. 2001. On small mammals of the Nyika Plateau, Malawi. Pp. 415 - 426, in African small mammals- - Petits mammiferes africains (C. Denys, L. Granjon, and A. Poulet, eds.) .. Collection Colloques et Seminaires, IRD Editions, Paris, 570 pp.
- Denys, C., W. Chitaukali, J. K. Mfune, M. Combrexelle, and F. Cacciani. 1999. Diversity of small mammals in owl pellet assemblages of Karonga district, northern Malawi. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 42 (3): 393 - 396.
- Dippenaar, N. J., and I. L. Rautenbach. 1986. Morphometrics and karyology of the southern African species of the genus Acomys I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838 (Rodentia: Muridae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 34: 129 - 183.
- 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.
- Barome, P. - O., V. Volobouev, M. Monnerot, J. K. Mfune, W. Chitaukali, J. - C. Gautun, and C. Denys. 2001 b. Phylogeny of Acomys spinosissimus (Rodentia, Muridae) from north Malawi and Tanzania: Evidence from morphological and molecular analysis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 73: 321 - 340.
- Barome, P. - O., M. Monnerot, and J. - C. Gautun. 2000. Phylogeny of the genus Acomys (Rodentia, Muridae) based on the cytochrome b mitochondrial gene: Implications on taxonomy and phylogeography. Mammalia, 64 (4): 423 - 438.