Myotomys
Myotomys is a genus of African Karoo rats that inhabit the Karoo, a semi-desert region in the southern portion of the African continent. Previously placed in the genus Otomys, they are sometimes referred to as vlei rats.
| African karoo rats | |
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| Sloggett's vlei rat (Myotomys sloggetti) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Otomyini |
| Genus: | Myotomys Thomas, 1918 |
| Species | |
Species
Genus Myotomys
- Sloggett's vlei rat (rock Karoo rat, ice rat), Myotomys sloggetti [1]
- Bush vlei rat, Myotomys unisulcatus [1]
References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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