Southern African Vlei Rat

Southern African Vlei Rat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Otomys
Species:	O. irroratus
Binomial name
Otomys irroratus (Brants, 1827)

The Southern African Vlei Rat (Otomys irroratus) is a species of rodent in the Otomys genus ("vlei rats") of the family Muridae. It is found in Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, swamps, and plantations. This is the type species of the genus.^[1]

References

1. ^ Genus Otomys, Mammal Species of the World, 3rd ed.

• Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001898. 
• Taylor, P., Maree, S. & Monadjem, A. 2004. Otomys irroratus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.