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Otomys F. Cuvier, 1824
Taxonomic Serial No.: 632591

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Anchotomys Thomas, 1918
		Euryotis Brants, 1827
		Lamotomys Thomas, 1918
		Oreinomys Trouessart, 1880
		Oreomys Heuglin, 1877
		Palaeotomys Broom, 1937
		Prototomys Broom, 1948
	Common Name(s):	Vlei Rats [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2014

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals
	Subclass	Theria Parker and Haswell, 1897
	Infraclass	Eutheria Gill, 1872
	Order	Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents
	Suborder	Myomorpha Brandt, 1855 – Rats, souris, Mice, Rats, Voles, Gerbils, Hamsters, Lemmings
	Superfamily	Muroidea Illiger, 1811
	Family	Muridae Illiger, 1811 – campagnols, rats, souris, mice, rats, voles
	Subfamily	Otomyinae Thomas, 1897
	Genus	Otomys F. Cuvier, 1824 – Vlei Rats
		Direct Children:
	Species	Otomys anchietae (Bocage, 1882) – Angolan Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys angoniensis Wroughton, 1906 – Angoni Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys barbouri Lawrence and Loveridge, 1953 – Barbour's Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys burtoni Thomas, 1918 – Burton's Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys cheesmani Taylor, Lavrenchenko, Carleton, Verheyen, Bennett, Oosthuizen and Maree, 2011 – Cheesman's Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys cuanzensis Hill and Carter, 1937 – Cuanza Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys dartmouthi Thomas, 1906 – Ruwenzori Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys denti Thomas, 1906 – Dent's Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys dollmani Heller, 1912 – Dollman's Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys fortior Thomas, 1906
	Species	Otomys helleri Frick, 1914
	Species	Otomys irroratus (Brants, 1827) – vlei rat, Southern African Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys jacksoni Thomas, 1891 – Mount Elgon Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys lacustris G. M. Allen and Loveridge, 1933 – Tanzanian Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys laminatus Thomas and Schwann, 1905 – Laminate Vlei Rat, KwaZulu Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys maximus Roberts, 1924 – Large Vlei Rat, Okavango Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys occidentalis Dieterlen and Van der Straeten, 1992 – Western Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys orestes Thomas, 1900 – Afroalpine Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys saundersiae Roberts, 1929 – Saunders's vlei rat, Saunders' Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys simiensis Taylor, Lavrenchenko, Carleton, Verheyen, Bennett, Oosthuizen and Maree, 2011 – Simien Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys thomasi Osgood, 1910
	Species	Otomys tropicalis Thomas, 1902 – Tropical Vlei Rat, East African Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys typus (Heuglin, 1877) – Typical Vlei Rat, Ethiopian Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys uzungwensis Lawrence and Loveridge, 1953 – Uzungwe Vlei Rat
	Species	Otomys yaldeni Taylor, Lavrenchenko, Carleton, Verheyen, Bennett, Oosthuizen and Maree, 2011 – Yalden's Vei Rat
	Species	Otomys zinki Bohmann, 1943

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Guy G. Musser
	Notes:	Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
	Reference for:	Otomys

	Expert:	Michael D. Carleton
	Notes:	Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
	Reference for:	Otomys

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	Publication(s):
	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
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Otomys

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Rosevear, D. R.
	Publication Date:	1969
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	The Rodents of West Africa
	Page(s):	604
	Publisher:	Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History)
	Publication Place:	London, England
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	Notes:
	Reference for:	Otomys

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
	Publication Date:	1993
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
	Page(s):	xviii + 1207
	Publisher:	Smithsonian Institution Press
	Publication Place:	Washington, DC, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	1-56098-217-9
	Notes:	Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
	Reference for:	Otomys

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
	Publication Date:	2000
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Common Names of Mammals of the World
	Page(s):	xiv + 204
	Publisher:	Smithsonian Institution Press
	Publication Place:	Washington, DC, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	1-56098-383-3
	Notes:	With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
	Reference for:	Vlei Rats[English]

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:	Comments: Whereas Bohmann (1952) included all otomyine species in Otomys, most systematists have accorded the large-bullar forms separate generic status as Parotomys (see below), and we follow Thomas (1918b) in recognizing Myotomys as genus (see subfamily remarks). Roberts (1951) also treated Lamotomys as generically distinct, but cladistic interpretation of allozymic and immunologcial data, albeit limited to few species so far, clearly affiliate its type species laminatus with other Otomys (Contrafa...

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