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Muriculus Thomas 1903
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Muriculus Thomas, 1903. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1902(2):314 [1903].
TYPE SPECIES: Mus imberbis Rüppell, 1842.
COMMENTS: When Thomas proposed Muriculus he suggested it might be related to Lophuromys, but Osgood (1936) found little affinity between the two genera and instead noted a closer morphological relationship with Mus and Zelotomys. The close tie to Mus is real, and Misonne (1974) suggested that Muriculus might be merged with Mus; however, the middorsal stripe and morphological specializations of rostrum, mandible, incisors, and increased expanse of incisor enamel associated with pronounced proodonty, are not part of the character suite defining Mus, and set Muriculus apart as a very distinctive genus.
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 621, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098 (DOI)
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References
- Osgood, W. H. 1936. New and imperfectly known small mammals from Africa. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 20: 217 - 256.
- Misonne, X. 1974. Order Rodentia. Part 6. Pp. 1 - 39, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.). [issued 10 Sep 1974]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated.