Biology:Myotomys

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Short description: Genus of rodents


African karoo rats
Otomys sloggetti.png
Sloggett's vlei rat (Myotomys sloggetti)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Otomyini
Genus: Myotomys
Thomas, 1918
Type species
Otomys unisulcatus
Species

Myotomys sloggetti
Myotomys unisulcatus

Myotomys is a genus of African Karoo rats that inhabit the Karoo, a semi-desert region in the southern portion of the African continent. Previously placed in the genus Otomys, they are sometimes referred to as vlei rats.

Species

Genus Myotomys

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

Wikidata ☰ Q144870 entry