Yalden's Vei Rat
Otomys yaldeni Taylor, Lavrenchenko, Carleton, Verheyen, Bennett, Oosthuizen & Maree, 2011
Also calledOtomys de Yalden (fra) · Yalden-Lamellenzahnratte (deu) · uszkor etiopski (pol)
First described in: Taylor, Peter J., Leonid A. Lavrenchenko, Michael D. Carleton, Erik Verheyen, et al. (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. Zootaxa, Issue 3024.
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description
Otomys sp. A: Lavrenchenko et al., (1997). Otomys typus A: Aniskin et al. (1998). Holotype: ZMMU 162594; adult male, dry skin and skull, collector’s number 132; collected by L. A. Lavrenchenko, 17 February 1995. Type locality: Ethiopia, vicinity of Dinsho, Bale Mountains, 3170 m a. s. l .. Taxonomicnotes: ThesmallestrepresentativeofEthiopian Otomys, reported only from the Bale Mts., differing from O. simiensis by its smaller size and karyotype (Taylor et al. 2011). There are no DNA sequences of this species, and its phylogenetic position is unresolved. We assigned the animals of the SIMIENSIS group from Ankober to O. cf. yaldeni. The possible conspecificity of Ankober and Bale populations was further supported by morphological analysis that included the type material of O. yaldeni (Fig. 7). The population in Ankober represents the first record of O. yaldeni west of GRV, but future studies should confirm it by the sequencing of O. yaldeni from Bale (from where only old museum material is now available). The biogeographical link between Bale-Arsi (east of GRV) and DebreSina-Ankober-Guwasa (west of GRV) has been observed in various vertebrate taxa, including rodents (e. g. Stenocephal
Genomic diversity, evolutionary history, and species limits of the endemic Ethiopian laminate-toothed rats (genus Otomys, Rodentia: Muridae)
activity
Activity patterns. Yalden’s Vlei Rat is presumably diurnal or crepuscular.
Muridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Mosaic of forest and grassland habitats at elevations of 2650 - 3800 m. Holotype and paratypes ofYalden’s Vlei Rat were collected in Afro-montane forest, bamboo patches, moorland, and open woodland.
Muridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 8091658.