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--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
GENUS Diplothrix
Author: | Thomas, 1916. | Citation: | J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 24: 404. | Type Species: | Lenothrix legata Thomas, 1906. | Comments: | RattusDivision. Member of a clade containing genera more closely related to Rattus than to other murines. Endemic, along with Tokudaia, to the Ryukyu Isls between the Tokara and Kerama Straits. Suzuki et al. (2000:23) noted that "the genetic constitution of the rodents in the Okinawa area is distinct from that of the rodents in the surrounding areas, including the Japanese mainland and Taiwan. . . . in the region of the Central Ryukyus, mammals with a unique and ancient origin have inhabited a small geographic region." |
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