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Molecular Phylogenetic Relationships Among Crested-tailed Mice (Genus Habromys)

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We examined genealogical relationships among six of seven species of crested-tailed mice (Habromys chinanteco, H. delicatulus, H. ixtlani, H. lepturus, H. lophurus, and H. simulatus) using DNA sequence data from the cytochrome-b gene. Gene trees based on maximum likelihood, Bayesian inference and maximum parsimony were largely congruent in that H. lepturus and H. ixtlani were closely related and formed the sister group to H. lophurus. All analyses also arranged H. chinanteco and H. simulatus as sister taxa. These results are concordant with the phenetic groupings of Carleton et al. (2002) based on morphology. Our unweighted maximum parsimony trees did not resolve placement of H. delicatulus relative to other taxa. However, analyses using weighted maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference optimality criteria recovered a sister group relationship between H. delicatulus and the clade comprised of ((H. lepturus H. ixtlani)(H. lophurus)). This relationship differs from the overall phenetic similarity of H. delicatulus with H. simulatus and H. chinanteco, influenced by the small size of these three taxa, but is consistent with some derived features of the phallus (Carleton et al., 2002). Based on our sequence data, a specimen from Michoacán, México, recently assigned to Peromyscus sagax likely was inadvertently misidentified (Tiemann-Boege et al., 2000) and actually represents a new locality record for H. delicatulus. Finally, we comment on the conservation status of species of Habromys.

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Acknowledgments

We thank the following persons for their help in obtaining specimens or tissue loans that formed the basis of this report: E. Arellano, F.A. Cervantes, J. Dines, F.X. González-Cózatl, D.J. Harris, J. Martínez and T. Maxwell. Permits for field work in Mexico were issued by the Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT). R.M. Timm and T. Holmes kindly allowed us to sequence DNA from the skin of a Habromys chinanteco housed in the University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. F.A. Cervantes generously allowed us to sequence a skin sample of a specimen from the type series of Habromys delicatulus housed in the Colección Nacional de Mamíferos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Financial support was provided by Professional Development Grants, Department of Integrative Biology and the M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University (to DSR), the Honors Office and Office of Undergraduate Research, Brigham Young University (to CCF), the Ontario Graduate Student Scholarship program (to JRM), and the Royal Ontario Museum Foundation (to MDE). E. Arellano and F.X. González-Cózatl provided comments on an earlier version of this paper.

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    Christopher C. Funk

  3. Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Jacqueline R. Miller & Mark D. Engstrom

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Specimens examined are listed by taxon, collecting locality, museum acronym and voucher number and GenBank accession number. Museum acronyms (Hafner et al., 1997) are as follows: BYU=Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University; CMC=Colección de Mamíferos, del CEAMISH (Centro de Educación Ambiental e Investigación Sierra de Huautla), Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos; CNMA=Colección Nacional de Mamíferos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; LAF=Los Angeles County Museum; ROM=Royal Ontario Museum.

Habromys chinanteco: MEXICO; Oaxaca, N slope of Cerro Pelon, 31.6 km S Vista Hermosa, 2,650 m (KU 124131 – DQ861380).

Habromys delicatulus: MEXICO; México, Municipio Jilotepec, Dexcaní Alto, 2 km E and 3.5 km S Jilotepec, Cañada de la Ermita, 2,570 m (19°56′ N, 99°30′ W)(LAF 1801 – DQ861399, CNMA 22442–EF043236); Michoacn, Puerto Garnacia, 9,200 ft (AF155404*).

Habromys ixtlani: MEXICO; Oaxaca, Atepec, Llano de las Flores, Km 132 Carretera Tuxtepec-Oaxaca, 2,750 m (CNMA 29842 – DQ861391, CNMA 29845 – DQ861390); Distrito de Ixtlani, 28 km SW (by road) La Esperanza, 2,950 m (BYU 15271 – DQ861395, 15272 – DQ861394 and 15273 – DQ861393); Distrito de Ixtlani, 28 km SW (by road) La Esperanza, 17°35′08′′ N, 96°30′41′′ W, 2,950 m (CMC 56 – DQ861392).

Habromys lepturus: MEXICO; Oaxaca, Municipio Tlahuitoltepec, 16 km E Tlahuitoltepec, 2,750 (CNMA 29893 – DQ861386); Municipio Tlahuitoltepec, Santa María Yacochi, 3 km N Cerro Zempoaltepec, 2,450 m (CNMA 34867 – DQ861382 and 34869 – DQ861381); Municipio Tlahuitoltepec, Santa María Yacochi, 4.5 km N Cerro Zempoaltepec, 2,450 m (CNMA 33629 – DQ861384 and 33631 – DQ861383); Municipio Tlahuitoltepec, Santa María Yacochi, 3.5 km N Cerro Zempoaltepec, 2,750 m (CNMA 29972 – DQ861385); Municipio Tlahuitoltepec, vicinity Santa María Yacochi, 17°15′00′′ N, 96°00′45′′ W, 2,400 m (CMC 38 – DQ861387 and 85 – DQ861388); Municipio Tlahuitoltepec, vincinty Santa María Yacochi, 17°09′30′′ N, 96°01′00′′ W, 2,300 m (CMC 73 – DQ861389).

Habromys lophurus: GUATEMALA; Huehuetenango, 12 km NW of Santa Eulalia (ROM 98321 – DQ861396 and 98379 – DQ861398); Zacapa, 2 km. N of San Lorenzo (ROM 99834 – DQ861397).

Habromys simulatus: MEXICO; Oaxaca, Municipio Teotitlán, 1.5 km S Puerto de la Soledad, 18°09.742′ N, 96°59.852′ W, 2,600 m (BYU 15052 – DQ861404, 15053 – DQ861401, 16060 – DQ861403, 16061 – DQ861402 and 16063 – DQ861400).

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Megadontomys cryophilus: MEXICO; Oaxaca, Municipio Teotitlán, 1.5 km S Puerto de la Soledad, 18°09.742′ N, 96°59.852′ W, 2,600 m (BYU 16076 – DQ861373).

Neotomodon alstoni: MEXICO; Morelos, Huitzilac, Lagunas de Zempoala, 3 km W Huitzilac, 19°02.020′ N, 99°17.626′ W (BYU 15513 – DQ861374).

Peromyscus boylii: USA; Utah, Kane Co., Smoky Hollow, 37°09.41′ N, 111°32.10′ W, 1,270 m (BYU 19433 – DQ861379).

Peromyscus crinitus: USA; Utah, Kane Co., 59 km E, 25 km N Kanab, 1,450 m (BYU 18029 – DQ861378).

Peromyscus leucopus: MEXICO; San Luis Potosí, Municipio Xilitla, Ejido Aguayo, 6.2 km N Xilitla, 1,000 m (BYU 15919 – DQ861376).

Peromyscus megalops: MEXICO; Guerrero, 6.1 km N (by road) Omiltemi, 17°32.950′ N, 99°43.260′ W, 2,490 m (BYU 20755 – DQ861377).

Peromyscus truei: USA; Utah, Kane Co., Wolverine Petrified Forest, 37°48.0902′ N, 111°12.3641′ W, 1,840 m (BYU 20324 – DQ861375).

Reithrodontomys creper: COSTA RICA; Cartago, Rio Birris, 12 km N of Porter (ROM 97321 – DQ861372).

Scotinomys xerampelinus: COSTA RICA; Cartago, Parque Nacional Volcán Irazu (ROM 116812 – DQ861371).

*Listed as Peromyscus sagax in GenBank.

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Rogers, D.S., Funk, C.C., Miller, J.R. et al. Molecular Phylogenetic Relationships Among Crested-tailed Mice (Genus Habromys). J Mammal Evol 14, 37–55 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-006-9034-2

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