Taxonomy Profile: Otomys (F Cuvier 1824)

Otomys: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Anchotomys
Thomas 1918
Euryotis
Brants 1827
Lamotomys
Thomas 1918
Oreinomys
Trouessart 1880
Oreomys
Heuglin 1877
Palaeotomys
Broom 1937
Prototomys
Broom 1948
Common Name(s):
Vlei Rats []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Otomys: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Myomorpha
Mice |
Rats |
Rats |
souris |
Voles |
Gerbils |
Hamsters |
Lemmings |
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
mice |
rats |
voles |
campagnols |
rats |
souris |
Subfamily : Otomyinae
Genus : Otomys
Vlei Rats |
Otomys Direct Children(s):
Otomys anchietae
(Bocage 1882)
Otomys angoniensis
(Wroughton 1906)
Otomys denti
(Thomas 1906)
Otomys irroratus
(Brants 1827)
Otomys laminatus
(Thomas and Schwann 1905)
Otomys maximus
(Roberts 1924)
Otomys occidentalis
(Dieterlen and Van der Straeten 1992)
Otomys saundersiae
(Roberts 1929)
Otomys tropicalis
(Thomas 1902)
Otomys typus
(Heuglin 1877)
Otomys barbouri
(Lawrence and Loveridge 1953)
Otomys burtoni
(Thomas 1918)
Otomys cuanzensis
(Hill and Carter 1937)
Otomys dartmouthi
(Thomas 1906)
Otomys dollmani
(Heller 1912)
Otomys jacksoni
(Thomas 1891)
Otomys lacustris
(G M Allen and Loveridge 1933)
Otomys orestes
(Thomas 1900)
Otomys uzungwensis
(Lawrence and Loveridge 1953)
Otomys thomasi
(Osgood 1910)
Otomys cheesmani
(Taylor Lavrenchenko Carleton Verheyen Bennett Oosthuizen and Maree 2011)
Otomys fortior
(Thomas 1906)
Otomys zinki
(Bohmann 1943)
Otomys helleri
(Frick 1914)
Otomys simiensis
(Taylor Lavrenchenko Carleton Verheyen Bennett Oosthuizen and Maree 2011)
Otomys yaldeni
(Taylor Lavrenchenko Carleton Verheyen Bennett Oosthuizen and Maree 2011)
Otomys: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Guy G. Musser
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Otomys
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Otomys
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Otomys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Otomys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Rosevear, D. R.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1969-01-01 / 1969-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Rodents of West Africa
Page(s):
604
Publisher:
Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History)
Publication Place:
London, England
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Otomys
Otomys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Otomys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Whereas Bohmann (1952) included all otomyine species in Otomys, most systematists have accorded the large-bullar forms separate generic status as Parotomys (see below), and we follow Thomas (1918b) in recognizing Myotomys as genus (see subfamily remarks). Roberts (1951) also treated Lamotomys as generically distinct, but cladistic interpretation of allozymic and immunologcial data, albeit limited to few species so far, clearly affiliate its type species laminatus with other Otomys (Contrafa...