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Otomys jacksoni  Thomas, 1891
Taxonomic Serial No.: 970921

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Common Name(s): Mount Elgon Vlei Rat [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855 – Rats, souris, Mice, Rats, Voles, Gerbils, Hamsters, Lemmings  
                                     SuperfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811  
                                        FamilyMuridae Illiger, 1811 – campagnols, rats, souris, mice, rats, voles  
                                           SubfamilyOtomyinae Thomas, 1897  
                                              GenusOtomys F. Cuvier, 1824 – Vlei Rats  
                                                 SpeciesOtomys jacksoni Thomas, 1891 – Mount Elgon Vlei Rat  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Superfamily Muroidea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2   
  Page(s): 894-1531   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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  Reference for: Otomys jacksoni, Mount Elgon Vlei Rat [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Taylor, Peter J., Leonid A. Lavrenchenko, Michael D. Carleton, Erik Verheyen, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: Specific limits and emerging diversity patterns in East African populations of laminate-toothed rats, genus Otomys (Muridae: Murinae: Otomyini): Revision of the Otomys typus complex   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, issue 3024   
  Page(s): 1-66   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/2/zt03024p066.pdf   
  Reference for: Otomys jacksoni   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Comments: Typically considered a subspecies of O. typus subsequent to Bohmann's (1952) monograph (e.g., Misonne, 1974; Musser and Carleton, 1993). Although their lower incisors do possess two well-defined grooves, as in O. typus, the Mount Elgon populations contrast sharply in their smaller size, dark brown pelage, and M3 with only 7 laminae. Clausnitzer and Kityo (2001) recorded the species (as O. typus) as common in afro-alpine habitats, where it exists sympatrically with O. barbouri  
 

 

    

 
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