Otomys barbouri

B. Lawrence & Loveridge, 1953

Barbour's Vlei Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Otomyini
Genus : Otomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lawrence, B. and Loveridge, A. 1953. Mammals from Nyasaland and Tete. With notes on the genus Otomys. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 110(1):1-80.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2817518

Original name as described

Otomys barbouri

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:31369

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:31369

Type locality

"Kaburomi, 1°14'N., 34°21'E., 10,500 feet [= 3200 m], Mount Elgon, Uganda."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Uganda · Kenya

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003393

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Otomys barbouri

B. Lawrence & Loveridge, 1953

Family

Muridae

Root name

barbouri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:31369

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:31369

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2817518

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:579) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #45069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #45069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45069/22396256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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