caa a22 4500 378934856 CHVBK 20180305123638.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20041001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1515/mamm.2004.019 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/mamm.2004.019 Skull size and shape of Dasymys (Rodentia, Muridae) from sub-Saharan Africa [Elektronische Daten] [Sarah K. Mullin, Peter J. Taylor, Neville Pillay] Three morphological datasets (traditional measurements, dorsal and ventral skull shape coordinates) were used to examine craniometric variation in the water rat Dasymys, a genus found throughout sub-Saharan Africa. This study is the first to examine the entire genus as well as to statistically compare taxa within the genus to the nominate species D. incomtus. Morphological data confirmed that the five species recognised by Musser & Carleton (1993); D. incomtus, D. foxi, D. nudipes, D. montanus and D. rufulus, represent valid morphological species although two of the species do not encompass the geographic areas presently assigned to them. Dasymys rufulus occupies a larger range and D. incomtus a much smaller range than previously suggested with D. rufulus appearing to be part of a species complex. Furthermore, we discerned six additional morphological species resulting from the elevation of four subspecies (D. i. capensis, D. i. griseifrons, D. i. medius and D. i. longipilosus) and the recognition of two new species: D. shortridgei (restricted to the Okavango Delta) and D. robertsii (occurring in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces of South Africa). Copyright 2004, Walter de Gruyter Taxonomy nationallicence systematics nationallicence morphometrics nationallicence rodents nationallicence Africa nationallicence Mullin Sarah K. 1. Durban Natural Science Museum, Mammal Department, P.O. Box 4085,Durban 4000 (South-Africa) aut Taylor Peter J. 1. Durban Natural Science Museum, Mammal Department, P.O. Box 4085,Durban 4000 (South-Africa) aut Pillay Neville 2. Ecophysiological Studies Research Group, School of Animal,Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, WITS 2050 (South-Africa) aut Mammalia Walter de Gruyter 68/2-3(2004-10-01), 185-220 0025-1461 68:2-3<185 2004 68 mamm https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.2004.019 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.2004.019 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mullin Sarah K. 1. Durban Natural Science Museum, Mammal Department, P.O. Box 4085,Durban 4000 (South-Africa) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Taylor Peter J. 1. Durban Natural Science Museum, Mammal Department, P.O. Box 4085,Durban 4000 (South-Africa) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pillay Neville 2. Ecophysiological Studies Research Group, School of Animal,Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, WITS 2050 (South-Africa) aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Mammalia Walter de Gruyter 68/2-3(2004-10-01), 185-220 0025-1461 68:2-3<185 2004 68 mamm CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter