The phylogeography of the African four-striped mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio, was
investigated using complete sequences of the mtDNA cytochrome b gene (1140bp) and a …

The African continent was subjected to periodic climatic shifts during the Pliocene and
Pleistocene. These habitat changes greatly affected the evolutionary processes and tempo …

The vlei rat Otomys irroratus has a wide distribution in southern Africa with several datasets
indicating the presence of two putative species (O. irroratus and O. auratus). In the present …

Chromosomal polytypy, morphological conservatism and absence of data have frustrated
the taxonomic revision of two species of southern African‐endemic laminate‐toothed rats …

A survey of 28S and 5S rRNA gene clusters, and telomeric repeats was performed using
single and double FISH in the Taterillus genus (Rodentia, Muridae, Gerbillinae). Taterillus …

Rodent diagnosis has long remained obscured by the co-existence of cryptic species in
many lineages. However, alternative and accessible methods, such as cytotaxonomy and …

Mitochondrial DNA sequences (1137 bp) of the cytochrome b gene and craniodental and
craniometric data were used to investigate the evolutionary relationships of six putative …

Durban Museum Novitates 29: 1I0-122. Geometric morphometric analysis of cranial shape
and size variation was carried out on laminate-toothed rats (Rodentia: Muridae: Otomyini) …

Abstract The African vlei rat, Otomys irroratus, comprises several distinct chromosomal races
that may be grouped into two major cytogenetic clades. Recognition of these clades is …

The taxonomic status and species limits of the South African-endemic rodent species
Otomys saundersiae were revised using G-banding karyotypic analysis, assessment of …