Otomys barbouri
B. Lawrence & Loveridge, 1953
Barbour's 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
Lawrence, B. and Loveridge, A. 1953-06. Mammals from Nyasaland and Tete. With notes on the genus Otomys. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 110(1):1-80.
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Original name as described
Otomys barbouri
Type material
MCZ:Mamm:31369
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Kaburomi, 1°14'N., 34°21'E., 10, 500 feet [= 3200 m], Mount Elgon, Uganda."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Kenya · Uganda
Taxonomy notes citation
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
Endangered
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