Otomys lacustris G. M. Allen and Loveridge 1933

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1527

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11335799

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Otomys lacustris G. M. Allen and Loveridge 1933
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Otomys lacustris G. M. Allen and Loveridge 1933 View in CoL

Otomys lacustris G. M. Allen and Loveridge 1933 View in CoL , Bull. Mus . Comp. Zool., 75: 120.

Type Locality: Tanzania, Ukinga Mtns, north end of Lake Nyasa, Madehani, 7000 ft.

Vernacular Names: Tanzanian Vlei Rat.

Distribution: Isolated populations in mountains, ca. 1400-2300 m, of N Malawi, SC Tanzania (e.g., Stanley et al., 1998), and SW Kenya (Aberdare Range as per Taylor and Kumirai, 2001:Fig. 1).

Discussion: A distinctive form diagnosed as a subspecies of O. anchietae by its describers and thereafter placed in taxonomic compendia ( Bohmann, 1952; Misonne, 1974; Musser and Carleton, 1993). Morphological contrasts noted and specific status reasserted by Dieterlen and Van der Straeten (1992); morphological and morphometric discrimination amplified by Taylor and Kimurai (2001).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Otomys

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Otomys lacustris G. M. Allen and Loveridge 1933

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Otomys lacustris

G. M. Allen and Loveridge 1933: 120
1933
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