The Rodent fauna of Tanzania : a cytotaxonomic report from the Maasai Steppe

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dc.creatorFadda, N. di C.
dc.creatorCastiglia, R.
dc.creatorColangelo, P.
dc.creatorCorti, M.
dc.creatorMachang’u, R.
dc.creatorMakundi, R.
dc.creatorScanzani, A.
dc.creatorTesha, P.
dc.creatorCapanna, W. V. E.
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-19T06:52:01Z
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-05T07:47:29Z
dc.date.available2017-12-19T06:52:01Z
dc.date.created2017-12-19T06:52:01Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description.abstractThe rodent fauna of Tanzanian savannahs is poorly known. For this reason, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei sponsored a project together with the Biology Department of Antwerp and the Sokoine University of Agriculture (Morogoro, Tanzania) on Eastern African rodents. The aim was to study the taxonomy and systematics of rodents of these areas and the processes through which rodent biodiversity has increased in these African regions. We present here a report of the expeditions carried out in the Maasai steppe of Tanzania during 1999, with the description of the karyotypes of 13 rodent species. These are: Saccostomus cf. mearnsi (Cricetomynae), Tatera cf. robusta, Gerbillus cf. pusillus (Gerbillinae), Acomys spinosissimus, Acomys wilsoni, Acomys ignitus, Aethomys cf. chrysophilus, Arvicanthis cf. neumanni, Arvicanthis cf. nairobae, Grammomys sp., Lemniscomys rosalia, Lemniscomys cf. zebra, Mastomys natalensis (Murinae). The karyotypes of eight species are described for the first time (Saccostomus cf. mearnsi, Gerbillus cf. pusillus, Acomys wilsoni, Acomys ignitus, Arvicanthis cf. neumanni, Arvicanthis cf. nairobae, Grammomys sp., Lemniscomys rosalia).
dc.identifierhttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1934
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.costech.or.tz/handle/20.500.14732/100319
dc.languageen
dc.publisherNella seduta del 12 gennaio
dc.subjectCytotaxonomy
dc.subjectChromosome evolution
dc.subjectRodents
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.titleThe Rodent fauna of Tanzania : a cytotaxonomic report from the Maasai Steppe
dc.typeArticle

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