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A new genus of rodent from Wallacea (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae: Rattini), and its implication for biogeography and Indo-Pacific Rattini systematics

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dc.contributor.author Fabre, Pierre-Henri
dc.contributor.author Pagès, Marie
dc.contributor.author Musser, Guy G.
dc.contributor.author Fitriana, Yuli S.
dc.contributor.author Fjeldså, Jon
dc.contributor.author Jennings, Andy
dc.contributor.author Jønsson, Knud A.
dc.contributor.author Kennedy, Jonathan
dc.contributor.author Michaux, Johan
dc.contributor.author Semiadi, Gono
dc.contributor.author Supriatna, Nanang
dc.contributor.author Helgen, Kristofer M.
dc.date.accessioned 2014-02-24T20:56:09Z
dc.date.available 2014-02-24T20:56:09Z
dc.date.issued 2013
dc.identifier 0024-4082
dc.identifier.citation Fabre, Pierre-Henri, Pagès, Marie, Musser, Guy G., Fitriana, Yuli S., Fjeldså, Jon, Jennings, Andy, Jønsson, Knud A., Kennedy, Jonathan, Michaux, Johan, Semiadi, Gono, Supriatna, Nanang, and Helgen, Kristofer M. 2013. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/21892">A new genus of rodent from Wallacea (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae: Rattini), and its implication for biogeography and Indo-Pacific Rattini systematics</a>." <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society</em>, 169, (2) 408–447. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12061">https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12061</a>.
dc.identifier.issn 0024-4082
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10088/21892
dc.description.abstract We describe Halmaheramys bokimekot Fabre, Pagès, Musser, Fitriana, Semiadi &amp; Helgen gen. et sp. nov., a new genus and species of murine rodent from the North Moluccas, and study its phylogenetic placement using both molecular and morphological data. We generated a densely sampled mitochondrial and nuclear DNA data set that included most genera of Indo-Pacific Murinae, and used probabilistic methodologies to infer their phylogenetic relationships. To reconstruct their biogeographical history, we first dated the topology and then used a Lagrange analysis to infer ancestral geographic areas. Finally, we combined the ancestral area reconstructions with temporal information to compare patterns of murine colonization among Indo-Pacific archipelagos. We provide a new and comprehensive molecular phylogenetic reconstruction for Indo-Pacific Murinae, with a focus on the Rattus division. Using previous results and those presented in this study, we define a new Indo-Pacific group within the Rattus division, composed of Bullimus, Bunomys, Paruromys, Halmaheramys, Sundamys, and Taeromys. Our phylogenetic reconstructions revealed a relatively recent diversification from the Middle Miocene to Plio-Pleistocene associated with several major dispersal events. We identified two independent Indo-Pacific dispersal events from both western and eastern Indo-Pacific archipelagos to the isolated island of Halmahera, which led to the speciations of H. bokimekot gen. et sp. nov. and Rattus morotaiensis Kellogg, 1945. We propose that a Middle Miocene collision between the Halmahera and Sangihe arcs may have been responsible for the arrival of the ancestor of Halmaheramys to eastern Wallacea. Halmaheramys bokimekot gen. et sp. nov. is described in detail, and its systematics and biogeography are documented and illustrated. © 2013 The Linnean Society of London
dc.format.extent 408–447
dc.relation.ispartof Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169 (2)
dc.title A new genus of rodent from Wallacea (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae: Rattini), and its implication for biogeography and Indo-Pacific Rattini systematics
dc.type article
sro.identifier.refworksID 11654
sro.identifier.itemID 117415
sro.description.unit NH-Vertebrate Zoology
sro.description.unit NMNH
sro.identifier.doi 10.1111/zoj.12061
sro.identifier.url https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/21892


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