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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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