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Molecular data from the holotype of the enigmatic Bornean Black Shrew, Suncusater Medway, 1965 (Soricidae, Crocidurinae), place it in the genus Palawanosorex.
Nations, Jonathan A; Giarla, Thomas C; Morni, Muhd Amsyari; William Dee, Julius; Swanson, Mark T; Hiller, Anna E; Khan, Faisal Ali Anwarali; Esselstyn, Jacob A.
Afiliação
  • Nations JA; Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
  • Giarla TC; Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
  • Morni MA; Current Address: Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
  • William Dee J; Current Address: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL 60605, USA.
  • Swanson MT; Department of Biology, Siena College, 515 Loudon Rd., Loudonville, NY 12211, USA.
  • Hiller AE; Department of Biology, Siena College, 515 Loudon Rd., Loudonville, NY 12211, USA.
  • Khan FAA; Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
  • Esselstyn JA; Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Zookeys ; 1137: 17-31, 2022.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36760481
Although Borneo has received more attention from biologists than most other islands in the Malay Archipelago, many questions regarding the systematic relationships of Bornean mammals remain. Using next-generation sequencing technology, we obtained mitochondrial DNA sequences from the holotype of Suncusater, the only known specimen of this shrew. Several shrews collected recently in Sarawak are closely aligned, both morphologically and mitochondrially, with the holotype of S.ater. Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial sequences indicate that the S.ater holotype and new Sarawak specimens do not belong to the genus Suncus, but instead are most closely related to Palawanosorexmuscorum. Until now Palawanosorex has been known only from the neighboring Philippine island of Palawan. Additional sequences from nuclear ultra-conserved elements from the new Sarawak specimens strongly support a sister relationship to P.muscorum. We therefore transfer ater to Palawanosorex. The new specimens demonstrate that P.ater is more widespread in northern Borneo than previously recorded. Continued sampling of Bornean mammal diversity and reexamination of type material are critical in understanding the evolutionary history of the biologically rich Malay Archipelago.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Zookeys Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Zookeys Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos