Myotomys sloggetti (Thomas 1902)

[Otomys] sloggetti Thomas 1902, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 10: 311.

Type Locality: South Africa, N Western Cape Province, Deelfontein, north of Richmond.

Vernacular Names: Rock Karroo Rat.

Synonyms: Myotomys basuticus Roberts 1929; Myotomys jeppei Roberts 1929; Myotomys robertsi (Hewett 1927); Myotomys turneri (Wroughton 1907) .

Distribution: Subalpine and alpine zones, above 2000 m, in Eastern Cape Province, Lesotho, and W KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa (Lynch and Watson, 1992:Fig. 1; Taylor, 1998:Fig. 78).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as Otomys sloggetti .

Discussion: Viewed as closely related to O. unisulcatus (Bohmann, 1952; Roberts, 1951; Taylor et al., 1989; Thomas, 1918 b), but details of sperm morphology question the closeness of their relationship (Bernard et al., 1991). Taxonomy, distributional records, and ecology reviewed by Lynch and Watson (1992) and Lynch (1994); karyotypic and genetic data and comparisons supplied by Contrafatto et al. (1992 a).