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| Author(s): |
de Abreu-Junior, Edson Fiedler
[1]
;
Percequillo, Alexandre Reis
[2, 1]
;
Geise, Lena
[3]
;
Leite, Yuri L. R.
[4]
;
Loss, Ana Carolina
[4]
Total Authors: 5
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Ciencias Biol, Lab Mamiferos, Escola Super Agr Luiz de Queiroz, Av Padua Dias 11, Caixa Postal 9, BR-13418900 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Nat Hist Museum, Dept Life Sci, London SW7 5BD - England
[3] Univ Estado Rio de Janeiro, Inst Biol, Dept Zool, Lab Mastozool, R Sao Francisco Xavier 524, BR-20550900 Rio De Janeiro - Brazil
[4] Univ Fed Espirito Santo, Dept Ciencias Biol, Lab Mastozool & Biogeog, Av Fernando Ferrari 514, BR-29075910 Vitoria, ES - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 4
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Mammalian Biology; v. 91, p. 57-70, JUL 2018. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 0 |
| Abstract | |
Arboreal spiny rats of the genus Phyllomys are the most diverse group of echimyid rodents in the Atlantic Forest. Many species of Phyllomys have small geographic ranges and are rare in scientific collections. One of them is Phyllomys kern known from only three specimens collected in a single locality almost 80 year s ago. The identity and the taxonomic validity of this enigmatic species has been questioned in recent decades. Field surveys at different sites along the southeastern portion of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil recovered specimens of Phyllomys that we hypothesized to be P. kern based on external similarities to the type specimen and proximity to its type locality. Here we obtained DNA sequences from these recently collected specimens and historic DNA from a topotype of P. kern collected in 1941. Our results supported the status of P. kern as a valid species and showed it is phylogenetically positioned among the southern Glade of Phyllomys species. We therefore provide an emended diagnosis of P. kern, comparing it with sympatric congeners, and provide comments on its evolutionary affinities, geographic distribution, and conservation status. (C) 2018 Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Saugetierkunde. Published by Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/14633-7 - Non-volant small mammals of Estação Ecológica de Bananal: diversity and natural history |
| Grantee: | Edson Fiedler de Abreu Júnior |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/16009-1 - Systematics, evolution and diversification of the subfamily Sigmodontinae in South America: the tribe Oryzomyini |
| Grantee: | Alexandre Reis Percequillo |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants |