Cryptic rodents and challenges in Africa: a review

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.

本项研究旨在审视隐秘啮齿动物物种，探讨界定这些物种的机制，分析其多样化的原因，并评估其面临的挑战。通过对现有文献的初步审阅，我们发现该大陆上存在大量隐秘的疑似物种。方法学误差、进化过程、突变、物种形成、形态学同源性和趋同现象可能与隐秘物种的产生存在关联。