Grammomys dryas ( Thomas, 1907 )

Bryja, Josef, Kerbis Peterhans, Julian C., Lavrenchenko, Leonid A., Nicolas, Violaine, Denys, Christiane, Bryjová, Anna, Šumbera, Radim & Mikula, Ondřej, 2025, Integrative taxonomic revision of the African thicket rats (Murinae: Grammomys): how genomics decreases the number of currently recognized species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Statistics in Society) 203 (2), pp. 1-20 : 15-16

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https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae057

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15006442

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Grammomys dryas ( Thomas, 1907 )
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Species: Grammomys dryas ( Thomas, 1907) View in CoL

Synonymy:

Thamnomys dryas Thomas, 1907

Type locality: ‘Kenya Colony’ ( Uganda), Ruwenzori East, 6000– 7000 ft (1830––2130 m) .

Distribution: A montane species endemic to the Albertine Rift Mountains, i.e. Ruwenzoris and Kivu region in Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi ( Musser and Carleton 2005). We confirmed it from additional localities in the Albertine Rift, but also from the Minziro Forest (1160 m a.s.l.) in north-western Tanzania and from the Mahale National Park in western Tanzania, where a distinct mtDNA sublineage, m10, was recorded ( Fig. 7 View Figure 7 ).

Comments: Thomas (1907) noted the diagnostic mammary count in G. dryas (no axial pair of teats and only two pairs of inguinal teats), which, in combination with cranial traits, set it apart from other described forms ( Musser and Carleton 2005), except G. cometes with the same number of teats (see above). Unfortunately, we were not able to include any representatives of this species in our morphological analysis of skulls. Kerbis Peterhans et al. (1998) reviewed its elevational distribution in the context of the entire Ruwenzori small mammal fauna. We recently collected it close to the type locality in the Rwenzori Mountains (Nyakelengija gate, 1720 m a.s.l.; Supporting Information, File S1). It is a well-characterized taxon genetically for both mtDNA (having three sublineages with parapatric distribution; Fig. 7C View Figure 7 ) and ddRAD data (wherein a single MOTU was identified by both branch-cutting and INFOMAP approaches; Figs 3 View Figure 3 , 7 View Figure 7 ).

Karyotype: Not known.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

SubFamily

Murinae

Genus

Grammomys

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Grammomys dryas ( Thomas, 1907 )

Bryja, Josef, Kerbis Peterhans, Julian C., Lavrenchenko, Leonid A., Nicolas, Violaine, Denys, Christiane, Bryjová, Anna, Šumbera, Radim & Mikula, Ondřej 2025
2025
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Thamnomys dryas

Thomas 1907
1907
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