Otomys anchietae Bocage 1882

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 : 1524

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scientific name	Otomys anchietae Bocage 1882
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Otomys anchietae Bocage 1882 , J. Sci. Acad. Lisbon, 9: 26.

Type Locality: Angola, Huila, Caconda.

Vernacular Names: Angolan Vlei Rat.

Distribution: C and NE Angola ( Crawford-Cabral, 1998:Map 23).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Type species of Anchotomys , employed as a subgenus of Otomys by Thomas (1918 b). Cranial form and dental traits strongly differentiated compared with other Otomys ( Taylor and Kumirai, 2001) . Dieterlen and Van der Straeten (1992) reasonably argued the recognition of barbouri and lacustris , formerly arranged as subspecies ( Misonne, 1974), as species (see those accounts).