Overview
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Endangered |
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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Mount Elgon Vlei Rat
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:4.7Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
)
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
)
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
)
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
)
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
)
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
)
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
)
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
)
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
)
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
)
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
)
- (Szalay & Mckenna, 1971) Mckenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
)
- (Weber, 1904) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Otomys
There are approximately 29 species in this genus:
O. anchietae (Angolan Vlei Rat) · O. angoniensis (Angoni Vlei Rat) · O. angoniensis moshona · O. barbouri (Barbour's Vlei Rat) · O. burtoni (Burton's Vlei Rat) · O. cuanzensis (Cuanza Vlei Rat) · O. dartmouthi (Ruwenzori Vlei Rat) · O. denti (Dent's Vlei Rat) · O. dollmani (Dollman's Vlei Rat) · O. irroratus (Vlei Rat) · O. irroratus irroratus (Vlei Rat) · O. irroratus natalensis · O. irroratus randensis · O. jacksoni (Mount Elgon Vlei Rat) · O. lacustris (Tanzanian Vlei Rat) · O. laminatus (Laminate Vlei Rat) · O. maximus (Large Vlei Rat) · O. occidentalis (Western Vlei Rat) · O. orestes (Afroalpine Vlei Rat) · O. petteri · O. saundersiae (Saunders's Vlei Rat) · O. sloggetti (Sloggett's Vlei Rat) · O. tropicalis (Tropical Vlei Rat) · O. tropicalis ghigii · O. typus (Typical Vlei Rat) · O. typus dartmouthi · O. unisulcatus (Bush Vlei Rat) · O. unisulcatus broomi · O. uzungwensis (Uzungwe Vlei Rat)
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Notes
Contributors
- Taylor, P. & Maree, S. 2004. Otomys jacksoni. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- Taylor, P. & Maree, S. (GMA Africa Workshop) 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5987966
- IUCN ID: 45064
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1028145
