African highlands as mammal diversity hotspots: new records of Lamottemys okuensis Petter, 1986 (Rodentia: Muridae) and other endemic rodents from Mt Oku, Cameroon

被引：13

作者：

Denys, Christiane ^{[1
]}

Missoup, Alain Didier ^{[1
,2
]}

Nicolas, Violaine ^{[1
]}

Fuelling, Olaf ^{[3
]}

Delapre, Arnaud ^{[1
]}

Bilong, Charles Felix Bilong ^{[4
]}

Taylor, Peter John J. ^{[5
]}

Hutterer, Rainer ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] CNRS EPHE Paris VI, UMR 7205, Inst Systemat Evolut & Biodiversite, Museum Natl Hist Nat,Dept Systemat & Evolut, F-75231 Paris 05, France

[2] Univ Douala, Dept Biol Organismes Anim, Douala, Cameroon

[3] Zool Forsch Museum Alexander Koenig, D-53133 Bonn, Germany

[4] Univ Yaounde I, Dept Anim Biol & Physiol, Yaounde, Cameroon

[5] Univ Venda, South African Res Chairs Initiat Chair Biodivers, ZA-0950 Thohoyandou, South Africa

来源：

ZOOSYSTEMA | 2014年 / 36卷 / 03期

关键词：

Biodiversity; Conservation; Endemism; Rodentia; Africa; new records; WEST PROVINCE; VOLCANIC LINE; MOUNT-OKU; TAXONOMY; EAST; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; CHECKLIST; HISTORY; MURINAE; ORIGIN;

D O I：

10.5252/z2014n3a6

中图分类号：

Q95 [动物学];

学科分类号：

071002 ;

摘要：

The Cameroon volcanic line (CVL), which represents a major topographical feature of Central Africa, is poorly known concerning its small-mammal biodiversity. Situated in the Bamenda-Banso highland plateau, Mt Oku is the second highest peak (3011 m) of the CVL after Mt Cameroon. Despite intensive cultivation and cattle grazing, especially in the Kilum-Idjim zone, Mt Oku has retained some relict mountain forests, which yielded many endemic small mammals. We conducted new taxonomic inventories for small mammals and present the results for rodents focussing on morphology and morphometry. We also present the skull characters and morphological variability of the Oku endemic genus Lamottemys Petter, 1986 and provide characters for the identification of other endemic species such as Otomys occidentalis Dieterlen & Van der Straeten, 1992, Praomys hartwigi Eisentraut, 1968, Paraxerus cooperi Hayman, 1950, Lophuromys dieterleni Verheyen, Hulselmans, Colyn & Hutterer, 1997 and Lemniscomys mittendorfi Eisentraut, 1968. We provide an update of the faunal list of Mt Oku and also include a revision of previous collections. We found an exceptional diversity of 26 rodent species, including two species never recorded before on Oku (Dendromus sp. Smith, 1829 and Funisciurus leucogenys F. Cuvier, 1842). A comparison with East African highlands and Mt Cameroon confirms the conservation importance of the West African mountains of the CVL as biodiversity hotspots.

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页码：647 / 690

页数：44