Sloggett's Vlei Rat

Sloggett's 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. sloggetti
Binomial name
Otomys sloggetti (Thomas, 1902)
Synonyms
Mytomys sloggetti

Sloggett's Vlei Rat or Ice Rat (Otomys sloggetti) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in southern Lesotho and South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, swamps, and rocky areas.

Its name commemorates Col. A. T. Sloggett who collected at Deelfontein in 1902.

References

• 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. 
• Taylor, P.J. & Monadjem, A. 2008. Otomys sloggetti. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. Otomys sloggetti. Downloaded on 18 July 2011.
• Smithers, Reay H. N. The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion - University of Pretoria (1983)