Otomys typus (Heuglin, 1877)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 392-476 : 445

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7207017

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scientific name

Otomys typus (Heuglin, 1877)
status

 

Otomys typus (Heuglin, 1877) . Reise Nordost Afrika, 2: 77.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ethiopia, highlands of Simien .

DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia to S. Sudan and Zambia, in montane areas.

COMMENT: Formerly included in irroratus by Dieterlen, 1968, Z. Saugetierk., 33:321 -352, and Delany, 1975, The Rodents of Uganda, Br. Mus. Nat. Hist., 764:1-165. Considered a distinct species by Misonne, 1974, Part 6: 33, and Ansell, 1978:78.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008111008001.

Ansell, W. F. H. 1978. The mammals of Zambia. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Chilanga, 126 pp.

Delany, M. J. 1975. The rodents of Uganda. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 165 pp.

Dieterlen, F. 1968. Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Otomys (Otomyinae; Muridae; Rodentia). Beitrage zur Systematik, Okologie und Biologie zentralafrikanischer Formen. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 33: 321 - 352.

Misonne, X. 1974. Order Rodentia. Part 6. Pp. 1 - 39, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.). [issued 10 Sep 1974]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Otomys