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This species is assigned to the subgenus\n                    <jats:italic>Pyromys<\/jats:italic>\n                    on the basis of two defining cranial characteristics: the presence of a supraorbital ridge and incisive foramina that extend to the mid-length of first upper molar.\n                    <jats:italic>Mus dumbara<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:bold>sp. nov<\/jats:bold>\n                    . is characterised by a tail distinctly longer than its combined head and body length and a moderately prominent supraorbital ridge which is clearer at the junction between parietal and frontal upon the orbit. There are several other external and cranial characteristics which can be used to distinguish\n                    <jats:italic>M. dumbara<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:bold>sp. nov<\/jats:bold>\n                    . from each\n                    <jats:italic>pyromys<\/jats:italic>\n                    species. Genetic analysis further confirms the distinctiveness of\n                    <jats:italic>M. dumbara<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:bold>sp. nov<\/jats:bold>\n                    . Mitochondrial cytochrome-\n                    <jats:italic>b<\/jats:italic>\n                    sequences reveal deep divergence from other Sri Lankan spiny mice (\n                    <jats:italic>M. mayori<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>M. fernandoni<\/jats:italic>\n                    ), with uncorrected pairwise genetic distances exceeding 11.7%. This level of genetic separation, combined with its distinctive morphology and geographically restricted distribution in the Dumbara valley, provides strong evidence for its status as a new species endemic to Sri Lanka.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3897\/zookeys.1280.163907","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,26]],"date-time":"2026-05-26T12:51:36Z","timestamp":1779799896000},"page":"265-285","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Mus (Pyromys) dumbara, a new endemic species of spiny mouse (Mammalia, Rodentia, Muridae) from Sri Lanka"],"prefix":"10.3897","volume":"1280","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3555-3153","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Suyama H.","family":"Boyagoda","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4599-6724","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Madhava","family":"Meegaskumbura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Guangxi University, Nanning, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-1029-4018","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Kelum","family":"Manamendra-Arachchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Kelaniya, Colombo, Sri Lanka"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2258","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"163907_B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1469-7998.1832.tb06339.x"},{"key":"163907_B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1126\/science.1100167"},{"key":"163907_B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1644\/1545-1542(2001)082<0960:atotgs>2.0.co;2"},{"key":"163907_B4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3897\/evolsyst.6.76879"},{"key":"163907_B5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12862-014-0256-2"},{"key":"163907_B6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1096-3642.1979.tb01119.x"},{"key":"163907_B7","unstructured":"Catzefus FM, Denys C (1992) The African Nannomys (Muridae): An early offshoot from the Mus lineage\u2014evidence from scnDNA hybridization experiments and compared morphology. 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