Angolan Dasymys
Dasymys nudipes (Peters, 1870)
Also calledAngola- \ (deu) · Angola- \\ (deu) · Dasymys d’Angola (fra) · Rat hirsute d’Angola (fra) · angolansuorotta (fin) · krysa holonohá (ces) · sierściomysz gołonoga (pol) · Ангольская лохматая крыса (rus) · アンゴラヌマネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Jorn. Sci. Math., Phys. Nat., Lisboa, ser. 1 vol.3 p.126
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Treated by G. M. Allen (1939), Hill and Carter (1941), and Roberts (1951) as a species, but included in D. incomtus by Ellerman (1941) and most later writers of lists (for example, Ansell, 1978; Meester et al., 1986; Misonne, 1974). Crawford-Cabral (1983) recorded sympatry between D. nudipes and D. incomtus in Angola, and our survey of series from Chitau identified as D. nudipes by Hill and Carter (1941: 98) revealed that it consists of both D. nudipes and D. incomtus, qualitative observations supported by multivariate analyses of morphometric traits (Crawford-Cabral and Pacheco, 1989; W. Verheyen et al., 2003). Specimens from Lukolela (Équateur) and Luluabourg (Kasaï-Occidental), in Dem. Rep. Congo, have been included in D. nudipes (Crawford-Cabral, 1983), but these are examples of D. incomtus (in AMNH). We examined the holotype and only specimen of edsoni, described as a subspecies of D. nudipes from Lukolela, middle Dem. Rep. Congo (Hatt, 1934 b), and it too is an example of D. incomtus. Samples from the Okavango Basin, formerly considered examples of D. nudipes, represent D. cabrali (see that account).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Apparently endemic to the Angolan Plateau (Huambo highlands) in WC Angola (the range in WC Angola, not that indicated in SE Angola, mapped by Crawford-Cabral, 1998: 154); see W. Verheyen et al. (2003).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Angola, Humpata, 15 ° 01 ’ S, 13 ° 21 ’ E (based on neotype designated by W. Verheyen et al., 2003: 38).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Treated by Allen (1939), Hill and Carter (1941), and Roberts (1951) as a species, but included in D. incomtus by Ellerman (1941) and most later writers of lists (e. g., Meester et al., 1986; Misonne, 1974). Crawford-Cabral (1983) recorded sympatry between D. nudipes and D. incomtus in Angola, and our survey of series from Chitau identified as D. nudipes by Hill and Carter (1941: 98) revealed it consists of both nudipes and incomtus, qualitative observations supported by morphometric analyses (Crawford-Cabral and Pacheco, 1989). Lukolela and Luluabourg, Zaire, have been included within range of D. nudipes (Crawford-Cabral, 1983), but specimens from there (in the American Museum of Natural History) are examples of D. incomtus. The holotype and only specimen of edsoni, described as subspecies of D. nudipes from Lukolela, middle Zaire (Hatt, 1934 b), is an incomtus, not a nudipes.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
Where it has been recorded
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