Afroalpine vlei rat
| Afroalpine vlei rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Otomys |
| Species: | O. orestes
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| Binomial name | |
| Otomys orestes Thomas, 1900
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The afroalpine vlei rat (Otomys orestes) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in the high moorlands of Kenya.[1]
References[]
- ^ Carleton, M.D, and E.S. Schaefer. 2006. The status of Otomys orestes dollmani Heller, 1912 (Muridae: Otomyinae), a rodent described from the Mathews Range, central Kenya. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 119: 477–515.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1528–1529. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Taylor, P. & Maree, S. 2004. Otomys orestes[permanent dead link]. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Endemic fauna of Kenya
- Otomys
- Mammals described in 1900
- Murinae stubs