Phylogeny and biogeography of the African Bathyergidae: a review of patterns and processes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We review genealogical relationships, biogeographic patterns and broad historical drivers of speciation within the Bathyergidae, a group of endemic African rodents, as well as identify key taxa which need further research.

Methods

We sourced comparable cytochrome b sequence data (comparable data available for all members for the Family) and geographic information for all six genera of the African subterranean rodent. This information was combined into the most comprehensive and geographically representative evolutionary study for the Bathyergidae to date.

Results

Species richness within the Bathyergidae appears to be underestimated, with undescribed taxa in five of the six genera. Biogeographic patterns suggest large historical distributions, which w

SUBMITTER: Visser JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6798870 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature