J 2020

Four new species of the Hylomyscus anselli group (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae) from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania

KERBIS PETERHANS, Julian C.; Rainer HUTTERER; Jeffrey B. DOTY; Jean M. MALEKANI; David C. MOYER et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Four new species of the Hylomyscus anselli group (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae) from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania

Autoři

KERBIS PETERHANS, Julian C.; Rainer HUTTERER; Jeffrey B. DOTY; Jean M. MALEKANI; David C. MOYER; Jarmila KRÁSOVÁ; Josef BRYJA; Rebecca A. BANASIAK a Terrence C. DEMOS

Vydání

Bonn Zoological Bulletin, 2020, 2190-7307

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Stát vydavatele

Německo

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/20:00118018

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

EID Scopus

Klíčová slova anglicky

Afrotropics; biodiversity; endemism; Murinae; molecular phylogeny; systematics; alpha-taxonomy; biogeography

Štítky

Změněno: 26. 1. 2021 12:11, Mgr. Lucie Jarošová, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

As in many other small mammal groups from the Afrotropics, the number of species recognized within the genus Hylomyscus has increased considerably over the past dozen years. The last comprehensive review (2005) of the genus recognized eight species. Since that time, nine additional species have been elevated from synonymy (n = 4) or described as new (n = 5). Here we describe four additional new species supported by morphological and molecular evidence, all collected by the late William Stanley. Two of the new taxa are sympatric and come from the poorly known left bank (direction source to mouth) of the Congo River. One of these (Hylomyscus pygmaeus sp. nov.) is easily recognized, as it is tiny and significantly smaller than any known species of the genus; the second new species (Hylomyscus thornesmithae sp. nov.) is also small, and syntopic with the first. The third new species (Hylomyscus stanleyi sp. nov.), from the SW corner of Tanzania, is quite large and had been previously included within the hypodigm of Hylomyscus anselli following its recognition from within the synonymy of Hylomyscus denniae. The fourth species (Hylomyscus mpungamachagorum sp. nov.) is from Mahale Mountains National Park, western Tanzania. Our study reveals a much higher species diversity of the genus than previously known, providing insights into additional Afrotropical and Afromontane centers of endemism that require further exploration.