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 orestes
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Hollister, N.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1919-01-01 / 1919-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
East African Mammals in the United States National Museum
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, Bulletin 99. Part II: Rodentia, Lagomorpha, and Tubulidentata
Page(s):
vii + 184
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
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Notes:
Reference for:
Otomys orestes
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Taylor, Peter J., Leonid A. Lavrenchenko, Michael D. Carleton, Erik Verheyen, et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2011-08-13 / 2011-08-13
Article/Chapter Title:
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
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Zootaxa, issue 3024
Page(s):
1-66
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1175-5326
Notes:
Available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/2/zt03024p066.pdf
Reference for:
Otomys orestes
Otomys orestes: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Otomys orestes: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Populations of O. orestes are apparently confined to open habitats above treeline and exhibit a characteristic morphology: medium-sized species with relatively short tail; fur very deep, soft, and dense with creamy-buff post-auricular patches present; cranial arching strongly pronounced, anterior zygomatic arches squared, and distal expansion of nasals less exaggerated; M3 laminae 6-7, lower incisors with deep lateral and shallow medial grooves. Thomas (1900b) appreciated such morphological...