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标题：A new documentation of African rodent diversity
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作者：Ara Monadjem ; Peter J. Taylor ; Christiane Denys 等
期刊名称：South African Journal of Science
印刷版ISSN：0038-2353
电子版ISSN：1996-7489
出版年度：2018
卷号：114
期号：7-8
页码：6-6
DOI：10.17159/sajs.2018/a0272
语种：English
出版社：The Foundation for Research Development
摘要：Rodents (order Rodentia) are by far the most diverse group of mammals on earth, accounting for over one third (~2200 species) of the world’s estimated 6500 species of mammals. The number of rodents known to science is constantly changing, both because new species are regularly discovered and because taxonomic revisions can either combine separate species into one, or split a single species into two or more new species. In this book, the authors have set out to provide an accessible, accurate and updated reference work that covers the identification, distribution and taxonomic relationships of the 463 known rodent species in sub-Saharan Africa. They have chosen sub-Saharan Africa, rather than providing a continent-wide coverage, to keep the material down to manageable proportions, and also because the rodents of North Africa are more affiliated to those in Europe than to the rest of Africa. Among the authors are those with extensive experience as curators in African natural history museums who are well connected with museums across both anglophone and francophone Africa.