Myotomys sloggetti (Thomas 1902)

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 : 1523

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).