Taxonomic position and biogeography of Mus callewaerti, the
largest species of the subgenus Nannomys (Rodentia: Muridae)

J 2022

Taxonomic position and biogeography of Mus callewaerti, the largest species of the subgenus Nannomys (Rodentia: Muridae)

MIKULA, Ondřej, Jarmila KRÁSOVÁ, Radim ŠUMBERA a Josef BRYJA

Základní údaje

Originální název

Taxonomic position and biogeography of Mus callewaerti, the largest species of the subgenus Nannomys (Rodentia: Muridae)

Autoři

MIKULA, Ondřej (garant), Jarmila KRÁSOVÁ, Radim ŠUMBERA a Josef BRYJA (203 Česká republika, domácí)

Vydání

Lynx, Praha, Národní muzeum, Praha, 2022, 0024-7774

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10613 Zoology

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/22:00132913

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/lynx.2022.020

Klíčová slova anglicky

Zambezian region; skull shape; insectivory; phylogeography; integrative taxonomy

Příznaky

Recenzováno

Změněno: 10. 1. 2024 10:34, Mgr. Lucie Jarošová, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

The Callewaert’s mouse (Mus callewaerti) is shown as an ancient lineage of the African endemic subgenus Nannomys. Described in 1925 as a large-bodied species with proodont (forward pointing) incisors, it was long known only from a handful of localities in Angola and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Here, it is revealed identical with a genetically distinctive Nannomys, provisionally called Mus sp. “Nyika” in previous studies and reported from Nyika Plateau (Malawi) and the Angolan Escarpment. The skull shape analysis clearly associated the holotype of M. callewaerti with other specimens ascribed to the species (including the genotyped ones). It also pinpointed diagnostic features distinguishing M. callewaerti from other large bodied Nannomys, especially its sympatric Mus triton, for which the species was repeatedly mistaken. Mus callewaerti is presumably insectivorous and rare or not easy to capture. The divergence between its Malawian and Angolan populations is relatively shallow, dated to 0.32 million years ago, which suggests that at least in the past the species could be widespread. Mus callewaerti is known from grassy, locally moisty habitats. Together with a handful of other rodent taxa it provides evidence of persistence and historic connection of these habitats across the Zambezian region.

Citovat

MIKULA, Ondřej, Jarmila KRÁSOVÁ, Radim ŠUMBERA a Josef BRYJA. Taxonomic position and biogeography of Mus callewaerti, the largest species of the subgenus Nannomys (Rodentia: Muridae). Lynx. Praha: Národní muzeum, Praha, 2022, roč. 53, č. 1, s. 271-290. ISSN 0024-7774. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.37520/lynx.2022.020.

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MIKULA, Ondřej, Jarmila KRÁSOVÁ, Radim ŠUMBERA a Josef BRYJA. Taxonomic position and biogeography of Mus callewaerti, the largest species of the subgenus Nannomys (Rodentia: Muridae). \textit{Lynx}. Praha: Národní muzeum, Praha, 2022, roč.~53, č.~1, s.~271-290. ISSN~0024-7774. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.37520/lynx.2022.020.

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