COL·63HZLgenusThe Nature Library · Catalogue of Life, 2026
Vlei Rats
Otomys F. Cuvier, 1824
- Also published as
- Anchotomys Thomas, 1918; Euryotis Brants, 1827; Lamotomys Thomas, 1918; Oreinomys Trouessart, 1880; Oreomys Heuglin, 1877; Palaeotomys Broom, 1937; Prototomys Broom, 1948
26 species · 26 branches
- Otomys anchietaespecies
- Otomys angoniensisspecies
- Otomys barbourispecies
- Otomys burtonispecies
- Otomys cheesmanispecies
- Otomys cuanzensisspecies
- Otomys dartmouthispecies
- Otomys dentispecies
- Otomys dollmanispecies
- Otomys fortiorspecies
- Otomys hellerispecies
- Otomys irroratusspecies
- Otomys jacksonispecies
- Otomys lacustrisspecies
- Otomys laminatusspecies
- Otomys maximusspecies
- Otomys occidentalisspecies
- Otomys orestesspecies
- Otomys saundersiaespecies
- Otomys simiensisspecies
- Otomys thomasispecies
- Otomys tropicalisspecies
- Otomys typusspecies
- Otomys uzungwensisspecies
- Otomys yaldenispecies
- Otomys zinkispecies
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Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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References
- Rosevear, D. R. (1969). The Rodents of West Africa.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1993). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd Ed., 3rd Printing.
- Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005). Superfamily Muroidea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd Ed., Vol. 2.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.