Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Tokudaia osimensis

Description

Tokudaia osimensis (Abe, 1934). J. Sci. Hiroshima Univ., ser. B, div. 1, 3:107.

TYPE LOCALITY: Japan, Ryukyu Isls, Amami-oshima Isl, village of Sumiyo.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only by modern samples from Amami-oshima Isl.

COMMENTS: Impressive chromosomal distinctions between osimensis, muenninki, and a third unnamed species from Tokun-oshima Isl reported by Tsuchiya (1981), and Tsuchiya et al. (1989).

Notes

Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 670, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098

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Biodiversity

Family
Muridae
Genus
Tokudaia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Abe
Species
osimensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tokudaia osimensis (Abe, 1934) sec. Musser & Carleton, 1993

References

  • Tsuchiya, K. 1981. [On the chromosome variations in Japanese cricetid and murid rodents]. Honyurui Kagaku (Mammalian Science), 42: 51 - 58 (in Japanese, with English abstract).
  • Tsuchiya, K., S. Wakana, H. Suzuki, S. Hattori, and Y. Hayashi. 1989. Taxonomic study of Tokudaia (Rodentia: Muridae): I. Genetic differentiation. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 22: 227 - 234.