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
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
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