Myotomys

Myotomys
African karoo rats
Myotomys sloggetti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Otomyini
Genus: Myotomys
Thomas, 1918
Species

Myotomys sloggetti
Myotomys unisulcatus

Myotomys is a genus of African Karoo rats that inhabit the Karoo, a semi-desert region in the southern portion of the African continent. Previously placed in the genus Otomys, they are sometimes referred to as Vlei rats.

Species

Genus Myotomys

References

  1. ^ a b Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.