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New Data on the Siwalik Murines, Rhizomyines and Ctenodactylines (Rodentia) from the Indian Subcontinent

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In the light of new discoveries, previously known Siwalik murid, rhizomyid and ctenodactylid rodents are revised. Murines that are described and discussed here include Progonomys debruijni, Karnimata darwini and Parapodemus hariensis from the Late Miocene of Haritalyangar and Mus cf. M. pahari and Hadromys sp. from the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene localities near Chandigarh, respectively. Additional spalacids cf. Kanisamys sp., Miorhizomys harii and a ctenodactylid Sayimys sivalensis have also been described from the Miocene ape locality of Haritalyangar, Himachal Pradesh. A PAUP based phylogenetic analysis of cranial characters of Progonomys debruijni and various species belonging to the genus Mus reveal that the subgenus Mus diverged first, followed by Pyromys, whereas, Coelomys and Nannomys were last to separate. A phylogenetic analysis of the spalacids in the matrix places cf. Kanisamys sp. as a basal clade comprising the Siwalik Protachyoryctes tatroti, Eicoryctes kaulialensis and the African tachyoryctines. The murids (Progonomys, Karnimata, Parapodemus, Mus and Hadromys), rhizomyines and ctenodactylids provide an excellent example of range expansion-contraction and long distance dispersals in the Miocene and Plio-Pleistocene.

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Acknowledgements

The author is grateful to Dr. Kewal Krishan and Dr. Gayatri Padmanadhan of Anthropology, Panjab University to allow access to some of the rodents collected by Prof. R. N. Vasishat. The author thanks Drs. L. J. Flynn and R. López-Antoñanzas for their help with preliminary identification of the rhizomyids and ctenodactylid . The author extends his sincere thanks to the three reviwers for their critical comments and constructive suggestions. The author acknowledges the financial support from MoES (MoES/P.O. (Geoscience)/46/2015) and SERB (HRR/2018/000063), New Delhi.

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Patnaik, R. (2020). New Data on the Siwalik Murines, Rhizomyines and Ctenodactylines (Rodentia) from the Indian Subcontinent. In: Prasad, G.V., Patnaik, R. (eds) Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49753-8_16

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