Species Otomys saundersiae Roberts, 1929 (Saunders' vlei rat)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Rodentia
  • ---- family: Muridae
  • ----- species: Otomys saundersiae
Characteristics:herbivore; length: 25 cm, tail-length: 9 cm; grizzled grey-brown, thick fur; blunt muzzle; round ears,
Countries:
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:

AT0116
KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1009
Highveld grasslands
AT1012
Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
AT1202
Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
AT1203
Montane fynbos and renosterveld
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 130
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