Otomys sungae

L. Bohmann, 1943

Eastern Arc 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

Authority citation

Bohmann, L. 1943. Zwei neue Otomys-Rassen aus Ostafrika. Ergebnisse der Ostafrikareise 1937 Uthmöller-Bohmann IX. Zoologischer Anzeiger 143:153-155.

Original name as described

Otomys denti sungae

Other common names

Sunga Vlei Rat

Type material

Bohmann collection 582

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Sunga, Usambara-Gebirge [= Usambara Mountain Range], Deutsch-Ostafrika [= German East Africa], Meereshöhe [= at sea level] 1900 m," Tanzania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania · Malawi

Taxonomy notes

split from O. denti

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003411

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 sungae

L. Bohmann, 1943

Family

Muridae

Root name

sungae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Bohmann collection 582

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

154

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

Otomys sungae

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

sungae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

744

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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