Otomys denti

O. Thomas, 1906

Dent'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. 1906-08-01. Description of new mammals from Mount Ruwenzori. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)18(104):136-147.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19366403

Original name as described

Otomys Denti

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.7.1.69

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/de6b2fe7-b6c7-4d32-85cd-f89a44e0f287

Type locality

"Ruwenzori East, 6000' [= 1829 m]," Uganda. Restricted by R. E. Moreau and colleagues in 1946 to Mabuku Valley, east slope of Mt. Rwenzori, Uganda.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Democratic Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

previously included O. sungae

Taxonomy notes citation

Taylor, P. J., Maree, S., Van Sandwyk, J., Kerbis Peterhans, J. C., Stanley, W. T., Verheyen, E., ... & Bennett, N. C. (2009). Speciation mirrors geomorphology and palaeoclimatic history in African laminate-toothed rats (Muridae: Otomyini) of the Otomys denti and Otomys lacustris species-complexes in the ‘Montane Circle'of East Africa. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 96(4), 913-941.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003398

Country distribution map

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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 Denti

O. Thomas, 1906

Family

Muridae

Root name

denti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.7.1.69

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/de6b2fe7-b6c7-4d32-85cd-f89a44e0f287

Authority page

142

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19366403

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:743) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15653/22396805) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Otomys kempi

Dollman, 1915

Family

Muridae

Root name

kempi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.12.3.110

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3bca23cf-6327-4fed-bbbb-b06dc9b11c4b

Authority page

152

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612866

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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