Stenocephalemys Frick 1914
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Stenocephalemys Frick 1914
Stenocephalemys Frick 1914, Ann. Carnegie Mus., 9: 7.
Type Species: Stenocephalemys albocaudata Frick 1914
Species and subspecies: 4 species:
Species Stenocephalemys albipes (Rüppell 1842)
Species Stenocephalemys albocaudata Frick 1914
Species Stenocephalemys griseicauda F. Petter 1972
Species Stenocephalemys ruppi Van der Straeten and Dieterlen 1983
Discussion: Stenocephalemys Division. An Ethiopian endemic that is phylogenetically related to species of Praomys, Mastomys, Myomyscus, Heimyscus, and Hylomyscus (Lecompte et al., 2002 b). Significance of analyses of craniodental and phallic structure, allozymes, chromosomal data, partial mitochondrial 16S rRNA and complete mtDNA cytochrome b gene sequences, and geometric morphometrics from samples of S. albipes, S. albocaudata, and S. griseicauda (Corti et al., 1999; Fadda and Corti, 2000; Fadda et al., 2001 a; Lavrenchenko et al., 1999, 2000; Lecompte et al., 2002 b) are discussed in accounts that follow. Statistical summaries of external measurements from large series of S. albocaudata and S. griseicauda reported by Sillero-Zubiri (1995 a), and the habitat preferences of these two species, abundance, and biomass in relation to predation by the endangered Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) are documented by Sillero-Zubiri (1995 c). Spermatozoal morphology described by Baskevich and Lavrenchenko (1995) and Breed (1995 a). Isolated molars from late Miocene Ethiopian sediments (Chorora) were identified by Geraads (2001) as possibly being Stenocephalemys, and the genus is also represented by Pleistocene remains recovered in Ethiopia (Jaeger, 1979); see review by Denys (1999).
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/A2267A57FF8A65DA07E1D2E970F9422A (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/93F03E9FD4B89EFFF489B31B459DE131 (URL)
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Stenocephalemys
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Frick
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Stenocephalemys Frick, 1914 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Frick, C. 1914. A new genus and some new species and subspecies of Abyssinian rodents. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 9: 7 - 28.
- Van der Straeten, E., and F. Dieterlen. 1983. Description de Praomys ruppi, une nouvelle espece de Muridae d'Ethiopie. Annales Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren-Belgique, ser. 8 (Sciences Zoologiques), 237: 121 - 128.
- Lecompte, E., L. Granjon, J. Kerbis Peterhans, and C. Denys. 2002 b. Cytochrome b-based phylogeny of the Praomys group (Rodentia, Murinae): A new African radiation? Comptes Rendus Biologies, 325: 827 - 840.
- Corti, M., A. Scanzani, A. R. Rossi, M. V. Civitelli, A. Bekele, and E. Capanna. 1999. Karyotypic and genetic divergence in the Ethiopian Myomys-Stenocephalemys complex (Mammalia, Rodentia). Italian Journal of Zoology, 66: 341 - 349.
- Fadda, C., and M. Corti. 2000. Three dimensional geometric morphometric study of the Ethiopian Myomys-Stenocephalemys complex (Murinae, Rodentia). Hystrix, n. s., 10 (2): 131 - 143.
- Fadda, C., M. Corti, and E. Verheyen. 2001 a. Molecular phylogeny of Myomys / Stenocephalemys complex and its relationships with related African genera. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 29: 585 - 596.
- Lavrenchenko, L. A., A. N. Milishnikov, V. M. Aniskin, and A. A. Warshavsky. 1999. Systematics and phylogeny of the genus Stenocephalemys Frick, 1914 (Rodentia, Muridae): A multidisciplinary approach. Mammalia, 63 (4): 475 - 494.
- Sillero-Zubiri, C., F. H. Tattersall, and D. W. Macdonald. 1995 a. Morphometrics of endemic rodents from the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia. Journal of African Zoology, 109: 387 - 391.
- Sillero-Zubiri, C., F. H. Tattersal, and D. W. Macdonald. 1995 c. Bale Mountains rodent communities and their relevance to the Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis). African Journal of Ecology, 33: 301 - 320.
- Baskevich, M. I., and L. A. Lavrenchenko. 1995. On the morphology of spermatozoa in some African murines (Rodentia, Muridae): The taxonomic and phylogenetic aspects. Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Research, 33: 9 - 16.
- Breed, W. G. 1995 a. Spermatozoa of murid rodents from Africa: Morphological diversity and evolutionary trends. Journal of Zoology, London, 237: 625 - 651.
- Geraads, D. 2001. Rongeurs du Miocene Superieur de Chorora, Ethiopie: Murinae, Dendromurinae et conclusions. Palaeovertebrata, 30 (1 - 2): 89 - 109.
- Jaeger, J. - J. 1979. Les faunes de rongeurs et de lagomorphes du Pliocene et du Pleistocene d'Afrique orientale. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France, 21 (3): 301 - 308.