- Bush Vlei Rat
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Bush Vlei Rat Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Myotomys Species: M. unisulcatus Binomial name Myotomys unisulcatus
(F. Cuvier, 1829)The Bush Vlei Rat or Karoo Bush Rat (Myotomys unisulcatus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Namibia and South Africa. Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland.
References
- 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.
- Taylor, P. & Monadjem, A. 2004. Otomys unisulcatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.