Uzungwe vlei rat

Uzungwe vlei rat
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Otomys
Species:	O. uzungwensis
Binomial name
Otomys uzungwensis Lawrence & Loveridge, 1953

The Uzungwe vlei rat (Otomys uzungwensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

• Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1530. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
• Taylor, P., Maree, S. & Chitaukali, W. 2004. Otomys uzungwensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.

Further reading

• Carleton, Michael D.; Byrne, E. Schaefer (2006). "The status of Otomys orestes dollmani Heller, 1912 (Muridae: Otomyinae), a rodent described from the Mathews Range, central Kenya". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 119 (4): 477–515. hdl:10088/1933.
• Lawrence, Barbara; Loveridge, Arthur (1953). "Zoological Results of a Fifth Expedition to East Africa. I. Mammals from Nyasaland and Tete, with Notes on the Genus Otomys". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 110 (1): 61–63.