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@article{1373156,
author = {Meheretu, Yonas and Sumbera, Radim and Bryja, Josef},
article_number = {1},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2013-0119},
keywords = {Afroalpine; endemic; Ethiopia; Nannomys; phylogeny},
language = {eng},
issn = {0025-1461},
journal = {Mammalia},
title = {Enigmatic Ethiopian endemic rodent Muriculus imberbis (Ruppell 1842) represents a separate lineage within genus Mus},
volume = {79},
year = {2015}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1373156
AU - Meheretu, Yonas - Sumbera, Radim - Bryja, Josef
PY - 2015
TI - Enigmatic Ethiopian endemic rodent Muriculus imberbis (Ruppell 1842) represents a separate lineage within genus Mus
JF - Mammalia
VL - 79
IS - 1
SP - 15-23
EP - 15-23
PB - WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
SN - 00251461
KW - Afroalpine
KW - endemic
KW - Ethiopia
KW - Nannomys
KW - phylogeny
N2 - The phylogenetic position of the Ethiopian striped mouse (Muriculus imberbis) has remained obscure since its description. Here, we report, for the first time, the phylogenetic analysis of this species using mitochondrial (cytochrome b) and nuclear (interphotoreceptor binding protein) gene sequences obtained from a specimen recently caught in the Galama Mountain in the southcentral Ethiopian highland region. The recent finding of the species in ericaceous shrub in the Afroalpine habitat is remarkable, as decades of attempts to capture it in this habitat failed, probably because of inappropriate trapping methods. Our analyses strongly suggest that the Ethiopian striped mouse does not belong to a distinct monotypic genus, but to the genus Mus, as the ancient lineage of the African subgenus Nannomys.
ER -
MEHERETU, Yonas, Radim SUMBERA and Josef BRYJA. Enigmatic Ethiopian endemic rodent Muriculus imberbis (Ruppell 1842) represents a separate lineage within genus Mus. \textit{Mammalia}. WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH, 2015, vol.~79, No~1, p.~15-23. ISSN~0025-1461. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2013-0119.
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