Otomys zinki

L. Bohmann, 1943

Mount Kilimanjaro 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 typus zinki

Other common names

Bohmann's Vlei Rat

Type material

Bohmann collection 548

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Peters Hut, 3800 m, Kilimanjaro, "German East Africa" (= Tanzania).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania

Taxonomy notes

split from O. orestes

Taxonomy notes citation

Taylor, P. J., Lavrenchenko, L. A., Carleton, M. D., Verheyen, E., Bennett, N. C., Oosthuizen, C. J., & Maree, S. (2011). Specific limits and emerging diversity patterns in east African populations of laminate-toothed rats, genus Otomys (Muridae: Murinae: Otomyini): revision of the Otomys typus complex. Zootaxa, 3024, 1-66.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003419

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 typus zinki

L. Bohmann, 1943

Family

Muridae

Root name

zinki

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Bohmann collection 548

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

153

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

Otomys zinki

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

zinki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

745

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:745) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48018185/48018206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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