Cheesman's vlei rat

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Cheesman's vlei rat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Otomys
Species:
O. cheesmani
Binomial name
Otomys cheesmani
Taylor, Lavrenchenko, Carleton, Verheyen, Bennett, Oosthuizen & Maree, 2011 [2]

The Cheesman's vlei rat (Otomys cheesmani) [1] [3] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is considered endemic to northwestern Ethiopia. [1]

Conservation

It is possibly extinct and only known from two localities in Ethiopia, hence the assessment of the species as "Critically endangered" by the IUCN. [1] Surveys done in 2012 and 2018 found no individuals of the species. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Taylor, P.; Relton, C. (2021). "Otomys cheesmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T48008221A48008228. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T48008221A48008228.en .
  2. ↑ Taylor, Peter J.; Lavrenchenko, Leonid A.; Carleton, Michael D.; Verheyen, Erik; Bennett, Nigel C.; Oosthuizen, Carel J.; Maree, Sarita (13 September 2011). "Specific limits and emerging diversity patterns in East African populations of laminate-toothed rats, genus Otomys (Muridae: Murinae: Otomyini): Revision of the Otomys typus complex" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3024 (1): 1–66. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3024.1.1. S2CID   59381852 . Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Otomys cheesmani (id=1003395)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists . Retrieved 10 February 2023.
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