caa a22 4500 445857684 CHVBK 20180317145433.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10592-011-0207-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10592-011-0207-z Molecular phylogenetics of an endangered species: the Tamaulipan woodrat ( Neotoma angustapalata ) [Elektronische Daten] [Duke Rogers, Rafael Leite, Rustin Reed] Neotoma angustapalata (Tamaulipan woodrat) is a large cricetid rodent found only in southwestern Tamaulipas and northeastern San Luis Potosí, Mexico. This species currently is listed as endangered due to habitat alteration, its restricted distribution, and relative rarity. Previous taxonomic assessments have allied N. angustapalata with N. albigula (now encompassing N. leucodon), N. mexicana or N. micropus. We sequenced portions of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene from two skin samples of the Tamaulipan woodrat, including one of two topotypes. We estimated genealogical relationships between N. angustapalata and other species of Neotoma using maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference. In general, our results confirm the phylogeny of woodrats as proposed previously but we also recovered major genetic differentiation within what currently is recognized as N. mexicana and N. albigula. Our data document that the Tamaulipan woodrat is genetically indistinguishable from geographically adjacent haplotypes of N. leucodon. However, mitochondrial introgression from N. leucodon cannot be ruled out inasmuch as we were not able to obtain nuclear sequence data for N. angustapalata. Morphological analyses document that both male and female Tamaulipan woodrats differ morphologically from N. leucodon. Given that the Tamaulipan woodrat is diagnosable morphologically and occurs in habitat that differs from N. leucodon, we recognize N. angustapalata as a species-level entity. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Cytochrome b nationallicence Endangered species nationallicence General lineage concept nationallicence Molecular systematics nationallicence Neotoma angustapalata nationallicence N . leucodon nationallicence Principal components analysis nationallicence Rogers Duke Department of Biology and Monte L. Bean Life, Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 84602, Provo, UT, USA aut Leite Rafael Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, 84602, Provo, UT, USA aut Reed Rustin Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, 84602, Provo, UT, USA aut Conservation Genetics Springer Netherlands 12/4(2011-08-01), 1035-1048 1566-0621 12:4<1035 2011 12 10592 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-011-0207-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-011-0207-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rogers Duke Department of Biology and Monte L. Bean Life, Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 84602, Provo, UT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Leite Rafael Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, 84602, Provo, UT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Reed Rustin Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, 84602, Provo, UT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Conservation Genetics Springer Netherlands 12/4(2011-08-01), 1035-1048 1566-0621 12:4<1035 2011 12 10592 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer