Otomys angoniensis
Wroughton, 1906
Angoni Vlei Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Muridae |
| Subfamily | : Murinae |
| Tribe | : Otomyini |
| Genus | : Otomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Wroughton, R.C. 1906-10-01. Notes on the genus Otomys. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)18(106):264-278.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Otomys irroratus angoniensis
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1902.1.6.22
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"M' Kombhuie, B.C.A. Alt. 8000' [= 2591 m]." Restricted by W. F. H. Ansell and R. J. Dowsett in 1991 to "Matipa Forest, Malawi."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kenya · Malawi · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia
Taxonomy notes
includes maximus and previously included rowleyi
Taxonomy notes citation
Taylor, P.J. 2013. Otomys angoniensis Angoni Vlei Rat. Pp. 577–578 in Happold, D.C.D. (eds.). Mammals of Africa. Volume III: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits. Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 789 pp. a#72114 · Mulualem, G., Taylor, P.J., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Demos, T.C. and Bryja, J. 2026. Phylogenomics of the African laminate-toothed rats (Rodentia, Muridae, Otomys) in the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot: three colonisation waves followed by allopatric diversification on sky islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 223:108668. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2026.108668
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
Total: 9 names and synonyms.
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