Journal
MAMMALIA
Volume 79, Issue 3, Pages 325-341Publisher
WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2014-0056
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Crocidurinae; morphometry; mtDNA; Sao; Tome e Principe; skull; speciation; taxonomy
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- EU-DGVIII BIOFAC program Origine et maintien de la biodiversite en Afrique Centrale (University of Rennes) [1/UMR 6552 CNRS]
- EU-DGVIII ECOFAC program Conservation et Utilisation Rationnelle des Ecosystemes Forestiers en Afrique Centrale
- ANR-Biodiversite IFORA: Les iles forestieres Africaines, modeles d'une nouvelle approche de la dynamique et de la structuration de la biodiversite
- Service de Systematique Moleculaire of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France [UMS 2700]
- Action Transversale du Museum: Taxonomie moleculaire, DNA Barcode & Gestion Durable des Collections (MNHN, Paris)
- Laboratory of Molecular Identification (MUHNAC, Lisbon)
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Sao Tome and Principe are unique islands off the Gulf of Guinea on account of the high degree of endemism in these areas due to isolation. These islands are known to harbor, among others, two species of shrews of the genus Crocidura: C. thomensis, endemic to Sao Tome; and C. poensis, found on Principe and common in central Africa. Owing to the uncertainty surrounding the taxonomic status of the population of C. poensis from Principe Island, we conducted morphometric and molecular analyses of newly collected specimens and compared them against Sao Tome and mainland African specimens. Our results show that the shrew population from Principe Island is a separate species: Crocidura fingui sp. nov.
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