Cryptic rodents and challenges in Africa: a review

Description

We aim to review the cryptic rodent species, discuss the mechanisms to delineate them, the reasons they diversified, and assess their challenges. From a limited review of the literature, we found significant numbers of cryptic putative species on the continent. Methodological error, evolution processes, mutation, speciation, morphological homology, and convergence might be correlated with cryptic species.

Institutions

Categories

Licence