Angolan vlei rat
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Angolan vlei rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Otomys |
Species: | O. anchietae
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Binomial name | |
Otomys anchietae Bocage, 1882
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The Angolan vlei rat (Otomys anchietae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Angola. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ^ Taylor, P.J.; Maree, S. (2016). "Otomys anchietae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T15651A22397278. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T15651A22397278.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1524–1525. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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