Otomys uzungwensis

B. Lawrence & Loveridge, 1953

Udzungwa 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2817516

Original name as described

Otomys uzungwensis

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:26645

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:26645

Type locality

Dabaga, 6000 ft (= 1829 m), Udzungwa Mountains, Iringa District, Tanganyika Territory [= Tanzania].

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Malawi · Tanzania · Zambia

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

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003416

Country distribution map

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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: 1 name and synonym.

Otomys uzungwensis

B. Lawrence & Loveridge, 1953

Family

Muridae

Root name

uzungwensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:26645

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Dabaga, Uzungwe Mountains, Iringa District, Tanganyika Territory

Type locality

Tanzania.

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:26645

Authority page

61

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2817516

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Monadjem, Taylor, Denys & Cotterill (2015:914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58104)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #45068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #45068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45068/22395893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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