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M738412

Taxonomic name
Suncus megalura Jentink, 1888

Specimen
Suncus megalura Jentink, 1888 (MNHN-ZM:1992-386)

Specimen notes
Suncus megalura (Crocidurinae); Recent fauna; Catalogue number: MNHN-ZM 1992-386; Field number: ?; Incoming number: ?; Sex: ?; Age: subadultus; Locality: Guinea [Yale, Mt.? Nimba]; Collector: M. Lamotte; Date: November, 1956.

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Character 25. P4 (crown): lingual part shape: elevated (0); slanted (1) Remarks: Unordered. Outgroup species and seven ingroup species, M. okuensis, S. johnstoni, C. jouvenetae, C. obscurior, C. yaldeni, C. serezkyensis, C. zaitsevi display an elevated lingual part of P4 that can be determined by the relative position of the parastyle and protocone/hypoconal flange in the anterior view (Character 025: A). Other ingroup species display a slanted lingual part of P4 (Character 025: B). For details see S8.

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