A new rodent species of the genus Mus (Rodentia: Muridae) confirms the biogeographical uniqueness of the isolated forests of southern Ethiopia
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F22%3A43904623" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/22:43904623 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/68081766:_____/22:00552874 RIV/00216224:14310/22:00127882
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13127-022-00539-x" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13127-022-00539-x</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-022-00539-x" target="_blank" >10.1007/s13127-022-00539-x</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A new rodent species of the genus Mus (Rodentia: Muridae) confirms the biogeographical uniqueness of the isolated forests of southern Ethiopia
Original language description
The Ethiopian highlands represent the largest part of the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot (EAMBH). Their fauna and flora are largely unique. Particularly, Afroalpine habitats on isolated mountains are known to harbour a large number of highly specialized endemic species. In contrast to intensively studied Afroalpine ecosystems, the forests in southern and southwestern parts of the Ethiopian highlands remain neglected in terms of biodiversity research, even though they represent the only remaining natural large-scale forests in this part of EAMBH. Here, we performed an integrative taxonomic revision (combining multi-locus phylogenetic analysis with classical and geometric morphometrics) and analysis of the evolutionary history of ancient lineages of the genus Mus, with a special focus on the taxon discovered in moist Ethiopian forests. We unequivocally showed that this taxon forms a very distinct gene pool separated from other taxa by the mid-Pliocene, substantially differentiated from both sympatric and sister species by external and cranial morphology. None of the available type specimens (including synonym types) can be unambiguously classified to this taxon according to both skull and body form. Therefore, we describe it as a new mammal species, narrowly endemic to two most humid forests in southern (Harenna) and southwestern (Chingawa) part of the Ethiopian highlands. The description of such paleo-endemic taxa will add incentives to embark on urgent conservation action for formal protection of these unique forests within the EAMBH.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GC20-07091J" target="_blank" >GC20-07091J: Small mammals of Eastern African Mountains: evolutionary diversification and endemism in one of the world´s most important biodiversity hot-spots</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Organisms Diversity and Evolution
ISSN
1439-6092
e-ISSN
1618-1077
Volume of the periodical
22
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
19
Pages from-to
491-509
UT code for WoS article
000749029600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85123843371