Kaiser's Aethomys
Aethomys kaiseri (Noack, 1887)
Also calledAethomys de Kaiser (fra) · Kaiser-Buschratte (deu) · KaiserBuschlandratte (deu) · Rat des rochers de Kaiser (fra) · krysa Kaiserova (ces) · sawannik leśny (pol) · ugandankalliorotta (fin) · Крыса Кайзера (rus) · カイザーヤブネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Zool. Jahrb. Syst. vol.2 p.228
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Significance of regional morphological variation needs to be assessed by a systematic revision. Westernmost population is that in Angola (" ... the Cuanza-Luando Mesopotamia, the Cuango River and the Southern Lunda Province "; Crawford-Cabral, 1999: 180), referred to as A. k. vernayi, which seems to be isolated from the primary range of A. kaiseri (Hill and Carter [1941] treated vernayi as a species); genetic intergradation between populations of vernayi and kaiseri has yet to be documented (Crawford-Cabral, 1998, 1999). Crawford-Cabral (1998) reviewed Angolan population, and Grimshaw et al. (1995) discussed Mt Kilimanjaro records. Cytogenetics (C- and G-banding) and complete mtDNA cytochrome b sequence of Zambian A. kaiseri characterized and constrasted with samples of A. chrysophilus by Castiglia et al. (2003 b); see account of the latter.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: SW Uganda, S Kenya, Rwanda, S and E Dem. Rep. Congo, W and SW Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and NC Angola; range mostly derived from Davis (1975 b).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Significance of the morphological variation among samples from different regions needs to be assessed by a systematic revision.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: SW Uganda, S Kenya, Rwanda, S and E Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and E Angola.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438175.