Otomys irroratus

Otomys irroratus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Otomyini
Genus: Otomys
Species: Otomys irroratus

Name

Otomys irroratus (Brants, 1827)

Combinations

• Euryotis irrorata Brants, 1827: 94 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Brants, A. 1827. Het Geslacht der Muizen door Linnaeus opgesteld, Volgens de Tegenswoordige toestand der Wetenschap in Familien, Geslachten en Soorten verdeeld. Gedrukt ter Akademische Boekdrukkery: Berlin. xii + 190 pp, 1 plate. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Taylor, P.J., Kearney, T., Dalton, D.L., Chakona, G., Kelly, C.M.R. & Barker, N.P. 2020. Biomes, geology and past climate drive speciation of laminate-toothed rats on South African mountains (Murinae: Otomys). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189(3): 1046–1066. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz134 Reference page. 

Links

• Otomys irroratus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Taylor, P. & Baxter, R. 2017. IUCN: Otomys irroratus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T110662669A50562581. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T110662669A50562581.en

Vernacular names

English: Southern African Vlei Rat