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Myotomys

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African karoo rats
Sloggett's vlei rat (Myotomys sloggetti)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Otomyini
Genus: Myotomys
Thomas, 1918
Type species
Otomys unisulcatus
Species

Myotomys sloggetti
Myotomys unisulcatus

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.

Species

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Genus Myotomys

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.