Otomys dollmani Heller 1912

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 : 1526

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11335793

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scientific name

Otomys dollmani Heller 1912
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Otomys dollmani Heller 1912 View in CoL

Otomys dollmani Heller 1912 View in CoL , Smithson. Misc. Coll., 59: 5.

Type Locality: Kenya, Matthews Range, Mount Gargues (Urguess), 7000 ft.

Vernacular Names: Dollman's Vlei Rat.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Discussion: Described as a subspecies of orestes and afterwards swept under either O. irroratus ( Bohmann, 1952; Petter, 1982) or O. tropicalis ( Misonne, 1974; Musser and Carleton, 1993). Hollister (1919) noted dollmani ’s differentiation from both orestes and tropicalis on Mount Kenya (notably its smaller size, lack of postauricular patches, six-laminated M3, flatter skull profile, as verified with USNM type series) and long ago elevated it to species. We agree.

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Otomys

Loc

Otomys dollmani Heller 1912

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Otomys dollmani

Heller 1912: 5
1912
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