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 uzungwensis
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 uzungwensis
Otomys uzungwensis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Otomys uzungwensis: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Lawrence and Loveridge (1953) understood their new species as generally affiliated with the jacksoni group, but they presented a combination of traits (especially smaller size, lack of postauricular patches, flatter skull, and broader nasals) that differentiate it from other members of that complex. Relegated to a subspecies of O. typus by Misonne (1974), presumably applying Bohmann's (1952) expansive concept of the species. Certainly not a form of either O. irroratus or O. typus in the str...