A review of the biological diversity and distribution of small mammal taxa in the terrestrial ecoregions and protected areas of Nepal

Pearch, Malcolm J.

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3072.1.1

“…Sanborn (1950) provides the forearm length of the single female specimen collected at Jomson as 44.5mm, which is within the range of Indian examples of Plecotus austriacus, the grey long-eared bat (41.9-45.1mm, n=10) but notably beyond the range of forearm measurements of P. auritus (36.5-40.3mm, n=4) (Bates & Harrison, 1997) so we wonder about the identity of Fleming's specimen. Sanborn did not provide cranial measurements and he produces little other taxonomic evidence to confirm the specimen as P. auritus (Pearch, 2011). However, our specimen has measurements, including forearm dimensions that conform to those of P. auritus.…”

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“…Fleming collected a specimen (Sanborn, 1950), most certainly from Nepal, which Sanborn labelled Plecotus homochrous. This specimen is retained in the collections of the Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), Chicago, USA where its identity is listed currently as P. auritus homochrous (Pearch, 2011) based on the taxonomy of Csorba et al (1999). Due to ambiguity of Hodgson's record we are treating Fleming's specimen as the first from Nepal.…”

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The highest elevation record of the brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus)

Thapa

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Shah

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Chetri

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2014

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“…In Nepal, the reported distribution of N . sikimensis extends well into western Nepal [26]. Several specimens from Nepal identified as N .…”

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“…irene reside at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) and the Natural History Museum in London (NHMUK). However, Pearch [26] reclassified specimens at the American Museum of Natural History identified as N . irene collected from Shey Gompa in western Nepal (AMNH 238055—AMNH 238058, AMNH 238060—AMNH 238063) as N .…”

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Further assessment of the Genus Neodon and the description of a new species from Nepal

Pradhan

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Sharma

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Sherchan

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et al. 2019

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Recent molecular systematic studies of arvicoline voles of the genera Neodon , Lasiopodomys , Phaiomys , and Microtus from Central Asia suggest the inclusion of Phaiomys leucurus , Microtus clarkei , and Lasiopodomys fuscus into Neodon and moving Neodon juldaschi into Microtus ( Blanfordimys ). In addition, three new species of Neodon ( N . linzhiensis , N . medogensis , and N . nyalamensis ) have recently been described from Tibet. Analyses of concatenated mitochondrial ( Cytb , COI ) and nuclear ( Ghr , Rbp3 ) genes recovered Neodon as a well-supported monophyletic clade including all the recently described and relocated species. Kimura-2-parameter distance between Neodon from western Nepal compared to N . sikimensis (K2P = 13.1) and N . irene (K2P = 13.4) was equivalent to genetic distances observed between recognized species of this genus. The specimens sampled from western Nepal were recovered sister to N . sikimensis in the concatenated analysis. However, analyses conducted exclusively with mitochondrial loci did not support this relationship. The occlusal patterns of the first lower (m1) and third upper (M3) molars were simpler in specimens from western Nepal in comparison to N . sikimensis from eastern Nepal and India. Twelve craniodental characters and four external field measurements were examined from specimens of N . sikimensis from eastern Nepal and India, N . irene , and Neodon from western Nepal. Neodon from western Nepal were significantly different from N . sikimensis from eastern Nepal and India in ten out of 16 characters measured and from N . irene for all characters except ear height. Specimens from western Nepal were smaller in size than N . sikimensis from Eastern Nepal and India and larger than N . irene . Together the results of the molecular and morphological analyses indicate that Neodon from western Nepal are distinct under the phylogenetic, genetic and morpho species concepts.

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“…The Oriental house rat, Rattus tanezumi, is an indigenous species of South East Asia (Niethammer and Martens 1975) that has been introduced to East Asia and Africa through transportation by humans (Musser and Carleton 2005). Some reviewers have mentioned its presence in Nepal, but they have not provided sufficient evidence for its justification (Pearch 2011;Thapa 2014). In fact, it is a morphologically indistinguishable species with a sister taxon, R. rattus (Aplin et al 2003a;Musser and Carleton 2005).…”

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New record of the Oriental house rat,Rattus tanezumi, in Nepal inferred from mitochondrialCytochrome Bgene sequences

Adhikari

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Han

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Kim

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et al. 2018

Mitochondrial DNA Part B

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This study determines the presence of R. tanezumi from in Nepal using morphological and molecular analyses. Morphologically, it is indistinguishable with R. rattus owing to similar fur colour and morphometric data. However, molecular identification and phylogenetic analysis using sequences of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Cytochrome B (CytB) gene revealed two different species R. rattus and R. tanezumi from collected specimens. The genetic distance between R. rattus and R. tanezumi was found 0.043. In phylogenetic tree, the clade of R. tanezumi is distinguished into two sub-clades, R. tanezumi found in Nepal, and East Asian countries, China, Laos, Thailand, Viet Nam, and South Korea have genetic distance 0.031, suggesting the different lineages of R. tanezumi. This study confirmed the R. tanezumi present in Nepal. Our findings suggest that morphological analysis and molecular study should be carried out simultaneously for accurate identification of small sized cryptic mammals like R. tanezumi and R. rattus.

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A review of the biological diversity and distribution of small mammal taxa in the terrestrial ecoregions and protected areas of Nepal

Abstract: 3072PEARCH 2 · Zootaxa 3072 A review of the biological diversity and distribution of small mammal taxa in the terrestrial ecoregions and protected areas of Nepal (Zootaxa 3072) 286 pp.; 30 cm.

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The highest elevation record of the brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus)

The highest elevation record of the brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus)

Further assessment of the Genus Neodon and the description of a new species from Nepal

New record of the Oriental house rat,Rattus tanezumi, in Nepal inferred from mitochondrialCytochrome Bgene sequences

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