Otomys rowleyi
O. Thomas, 1918
Rowley'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
Thomas, O. 1918-08-31. A revised classification of the Otomyinae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)2(9):203-211.
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Original name as described
Otomys rowleyi
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1906.11.8.77
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Coguno, Inhambane, Portuguese S.E. Africa"
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Angola · Botswana · Eswatini · Lesotho · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · South Africa · Zambia · Zimbabwe
Taxonomy notes
split from O. angoniensis
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
Not Evaluated
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Names and synonyms
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