Otomys laminatus Thomas and Schwann 1905

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1528

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Otomys laminatus Thomas and Schwann 1905
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Otomys laminatus Thomas and Schwann 1905 View in CoL

Otomys laminatus Thomas and Schwann 1905 View in CoL , Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1905 (18): 23.

Type Locality: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Zululand, Nkandhla, Sibudeni, 1050 m.

Vernacular Names: KwaZulu Vlei Rat.

Synonyms: Otomys fannini ( Roberts 1951) ; Otomys mariepsi Roberts 1929 ; Otomys pondoensis Roberts 1924 ; Otomys silberbaueri Roberts 1919 .

Distribution: SE Mpumalanga and Free State provinces through KwaZulu-Natal Province, to Transkei; isolated segment in SW Western Cape Province, South Africa ( Taylor et al., 1994 a:Fig. 6).

Conservation: IUCN – Least Concern.

Discussion: A species with highly derived M3 and m1 patterns, designated as the type of Lamotomys , a taxon employed as a subgenus of Otomys by Thomas (1918 b) and as a genus by Roberts (1951). Believed to intergrade with O. irroratus by Petter (1982) but usually retained as a distinct species in systematic works ( Bohmann, 1952; Misonne, 1974) and faunal studies ( De Graaff, 1981; Smithers, 1983; Meester et al., 1986). In addition to the many and obvious morphological differences, allozymic assessments demonstrate the genetic separation of O. laminatus from O. irroratus ( Taylor et al., 1989) . Karyotype reported by Taylor et al. (1994 a), who collected O. laminatus in sympatry with O. angoniensis and O. irroratus in Natal.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Otomys

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Otomys laminatus Thomas and Schwann 1905

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
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Otomys laminatus

Thomas and Schwann 1905: 23
1905
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