Otomys burtoni

O. Thomas, 1918

Burton'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

Thomas, O. 1918-08-31. A revised classification of the Otomyinae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)2(9):203-211.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22103093

Original name as described

Otomys burtoni

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.196

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c75c6f5d-d317-4bad-9abf-493e4586f958

Type locality

"Cameroons Mountains, [Cameroon]. Alt. 7000' [= 2100 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003394

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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 burtoni

O. Thomas, 1918

Family

Muridae

Root name

burtoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.196

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c75c6f5d-d317-4bad-9abf-493e4586f958

Authority page

210

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22103093

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:580) (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 #45071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #45071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45071/22396532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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