Cheesman's vlei rat
Species of rodent
Cheesman's vlei rat | |
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Conservation status | |
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Otomys |
Species: | O. cheesmani |
Binomial name | |
Otomys cheesmani Taylor, Lavrenchenko, Carleton, Verheyen, Bennett, Oosthuizen & Maree, 2011[2] |
The Cheesman's vlei rat (Otomys cheesmani)[1][3] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is considered endemic to northwestern Ethiopia.[1]
Conservation
It is possibly extinct and only known from two localities in Ethiopia, hence the assessment of the species as "Critically endangered" by the IUCN.[1] Surveys done in 2012 and 2018 found no individuals of the species.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Taylor, P.; Relton, C. (2021). "Otomys cheesmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T48008221A48008228. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T48008221A48008228.en.
- ^ Taylor, Peter J.; Lavrenchenko, Leonid A.; Carleton, Michael D.; Verheyen, Erik; Bennett, Nigel C.; Oosthuizen, Carel J.; Maree, Sarita (13 September 2011). "Specific limits and emerging diversity patterns in East African populations of laminate-toothed rats, genus Otomys (Muridae: Murinae: Otomyini): Revision of the Otomys typus complex" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3024 (1): 1–66. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3024.1.1. S2CID 59381852. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Otomys cheesmani (id=1003395)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Otomys)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordate
- Class: Mammalia
- Superorder: Euarchontoglires
- Order: Rodentia
- Family: Muridae
(African karoo rats)
- Sloggett's vlei rat (M. sloggetti)
- Bush vlei rat (M. unisulcatus)
(Vlei rats)
- Angolan vlei rat (O. anchietae)
- Angoni vlei rat (O. angoniensis)
- Barbour's vlei rat (O. barbouri)
- Burton's vlei rat (O. burtoni)
- Cheesman's vlei rat (O. cheesmani)
- Cuanza vlei rat (O. cuanzensis)
- Ruwenzori vlei rat (O. dartmouthi)
- Dent's vlei rat (O. denti)
- Dollman's vlei rat (O. dollmani)
- Charada vlei rat (O. fortior)
- Heller's vlei rat (O. helleri)
- Southern African vlei rat (O. irroratus)
- Mount Elgon vlei rat (O. jacksoni)
- Tanzanian vlei rat (O. lacustris)
- Laminate vlei rat (O. laminatus)
- Large vlei rat (O. maximus)
- Western vlei rat (O. occidentalis)
- Afroalpine vlei rat (O. orestes)
- Saunder's vlei rat (O. saundersiae)
- Simien vlei rat (O. simiensis)
- Thomas's vlei rat (O. thomasi)
- Tropical vlei rat (O. tropicalis)
- Typical vlei rat (O. typus)
- Uzungwe vlei rat (O. uzungwensis)
- Yalden's vlei rat (O. yaldeni)
- Mount Kilimanjaro vlei rat (O. zinki)
(Whistling rats)
- Brants's whistling rat (P. brantsii)
- Littledale's whistling rat (P. littledalei)
- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Melasmothrix–Mus
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Others
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