Myotomys
African karoo rats | |
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Myotomys sloggetti | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Subfamily: | Murinae |
Tribe: | Otomyini |
Genus: | Myotomys Thomas, 1918 |
Species | |
Myotomys is a genus of African Karoo rats that inhabit the Karoo, a semi-desert region in the southern portion of the African continent. Previously placed in the genus Otomys, they are sometimes referred to as vlei rats.
Species
Genus Myotomys
- Sloggett's vlei rat (Rock Karoo rat, Ice rat), Myotomys sloggetti [1]
- Bush vlei rat, Myotomys unisulcatus [1]
References
- 1 2 Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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