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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Otomyinae
--> GENUS Otomys
SPECIES Otomys lacustris
| Author: | G. M. Allen and Loveridge, 1933. | | Citation: | Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 75: 120. | | Common Name: | Tanzanian Vlei Rat | | Type Locality: | Tanzania, Ukinga Mtns, north end of Lake Nyasa, Madehani, 7000 ft. | | 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). | | Comments: | 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). |
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