Speciation in the Brazilian Spiny RatsMoojen, João
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Speciation in the Brazilian Spiny Rats
Moojen, João
Proechimys
_Type locality._--Utiarití, Rio Papagaio, Diamantion, Mato Grosso,
Brazil. _Type_: Museu Nacional, no. 2212, adult, skull only,
collected on 5 May 1909, by Prof. A. Miaranda Ribeiro, is here
designated _lectotype_. See remarks.
_Range._--Serra dos Parecís, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
_Diagnosis._--Ochraceous-Buff, richly lined with blackish, on
upper parts; some setiforms completely blackened distally;
incisive foramen regularly ovoid; vomerine sheath incomplete;
upper molariform teeth and lower premolar with three counterfolds;
m2 with three counterfolds but m1 and m3 usually with two
counterfolds.
_Pelage._--_Aristiforms on middorsal region_: Grayish basally,
gradually blackening toward tip which is extended as a long
filament; total length 21 to 22 mm; maximum width 0.65 mm.
_Setiforms on middorsal region_: Whitish basally, gradually
blackening toward tip but interrupted by Ochraceous-Buff,
subapical zone; some setiforms grayish basally and gradually
blackening toward distal portion without any colored, subapical
zone; total length 20 to 22 mm, maximum width 0.06 mm. _Setiforms
on outer thigh_: White basally, gradually becoming gray toward tip
but interrupted by Light Ochraceous-Buff, subapical zone; some
setiforms gray basally and blackening toward tip, but interrupted
by Ochraceous-Buff, subapical zone; total length 15 to 18 mm;
maximum width 0.08 mm.
_Skull._--Slender; supraorbital ridges conspicuous; bullae large,
smooth and inflated, with slight, transverse groove; jugals
narrow; postorbital processes of zygomata small and involving only
squamosal; incisive foramen of medium size but narrow (5 x 2.5
mm), regularly oval and with margins uplifted posteriorly;
vomerine sheath incomplete but maxillary part projecting forward
and sometimes almost reaching premaxillary part; mesopterygoid
fossa reaching forward as far as centers of third molars;
posterior palatine foramina at plane of posterior faces of second
molars or slightly anterior thereto.
_Teeth._--Upper molariform teeth with three counterfolds. Lower
molariform teeth: p4 and m2 always with 3 counterfolds; m1 and m3
with 2 counterfolds.
_Comparisons._--From _P. l. longicaudatus_, _leucomystax_ differs
in: upper parts richly lined, instead of scarcely lined, with
blackish; incisive foramen narrower, and regularly oval instead of
widest anteriorly.
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