Cheesman's vlei rat

Species of rodent

Cheesman's vlei rat
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Otomys
Species:	O. cheesmani
Binomial name
*Otomys cheesmani* Taylor, Lavrenchenko, Carleton, Verheyen, Bennett, Oosthuizen & Maree, 2011^[2]

The Cheesman's vlei rat (Otomys cheesmani)^[1]^[3] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is considered endemic to northwestern Ethiopia.^[1]

Conservation

It is possibly extinct and only known from two localities in Ethiopia, hence the assessment of the species as "Critically endangered" by the IUCN.^[1] Surveys done in 2012 and 2018 found no individuals of the species.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Taylor, P.; Relton, C. (2021). "Otomys cheesmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T48008221A48008228. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T48008221A48008228.en.
^ Taylor, Peter J.; Lavrenchenko, Leonid A.; Carleton, Michael D.; Verheyen, Erik; Bennett, Nigel C.; Oosthuizen, Carel J.; Maree, Sarita (13 September 2011). "Specific limits and emerging diversity patterns in East African populations of laminate-toothed rats, genus Otomys (Muridae: Murinae: Otomyini): Revision of the Otomys typus complex" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3024 (1): 1–66. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3024.1.1. S2CID 59381852. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
^ "Otomys cheesmani (id=1003395)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Otomys)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordate
Class: Mammalia
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae

Myotomys
(African karoo rats)

Sloggett's vlei rat (M. sloggetti)
Bush vlei rat (M. unisulcatus)

Otomys
(Vlei rats)

Angolan vlei rat (O. anchietae)
Angoni vlei rat (O. angoniensis)
Barbour's vlei rat (O. barbouri)
Burton's vlei rat (O. burtoni)
Cheesman's vlei rat (O. cheesmani)
Cuanza vlei rat (O. cuanzensis)
Ruwenzori vlei rat (O. dartmouthi)
Dent's vlei rat (O. denti)
Dollman's vlei rat (O. dollmani)
Charada vlei rat (O. fortior)
Heller's vlei rat (O. helleri)
Southern African vlei rat (O. irroratus)
Mount Elgon vlei rat (O. jacksoni)
Tanzanian vlei rat (O. lacustris)
Laminate vlei rat (O. laminatus)
Large vlei rat (O. maximus)
Western vlei rat (O. occidentalis)
Afroalpine vlei rat (O. orestes)
Saunder's vlei rat (O. saundersiae)
Simien vlei rat (O. simiensis)
Thomas's vlei rat (O. thomasi)
Tropical vlei rat (O. tropicalis)
Typical vlei rat (O. typus)
Uzungwe vlei rat (O. uzungwensis)
Yalden's vlei rat (O. yaldeni)
Mount Kilimanjaro vlei rat (O. zinki)

Parotomys
(Whistling rats)

Brants's whistling rat (P. brantsii)
Littledale's whistling rat (P. littledalei)

See also: Aethomys–Chrotomys; Colomys–Golunda; Hadromys–Maxomys; Melasmothrix–Mus; Oenomys–Pithecheir; Pogonomys–Pseudomys; Rattus; Stenocephalomys–Xeromys; Others