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GENUS Dephomys

Author:Thomas, 1926.
Citation:Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 17: 177.
Type Species:Mus defua Miller, 1900.
Comments:HybomysDivision. Another genus founded by Thomas and either relegated to Rattus as a subgenus or combined with Stochomys, which was then treated as a subgenus of either Rattus or Aethomys (D. H. S. Davis, 1965; Rosevear, 1969; Van der Straeten, 1984). The generic integrity of Dephomys was recognized by Misonne (1969) and Rosevear (1969), who also suggested it was not especially closely related to Stochomys, the conventional view at the time. Some molar traits and multivariate analysis of morphological variation suggest a close relationship to Hybomys, and particularly to subgenus Hybomys rather than subgenus Typomys (Misonne, 1969; Van der Straeten, 1984); other qualitative characters, however, support a distant affinity. Careful analyses of a suite of morphological features coupled with DNA sequences employing samples of Dephomys and other African forest murine genera is required to uncover the phylogenetic alliance of Dephomys relative to Hybomys and Stochomys.
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SPECIES defua

SPECIES eburneae

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