Otomys brantsii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Otomyini
Genus: Otomys
Species: Otomys brantsii

Otomys brantsii (A. Smith, 1834)

Holotype: BMNH 1841.803 (=BMNH 158a).
Type locality: “South Africa, —plains of the interior”, fixed by Thomas & Schwann (1904) as “Klipfontein”, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.

Smith, A. 1834. Mammalia. Fam. Muridae. Genus Euryotis Brants. South African Quarterly Journal, Ser. 2, 2: 148–150. BHL Reference page.
Wagner, A. 1841. Gruppirung der Gattungen der Nager in natürlichen Familien, nebst Beschreibung einiger neuen Gattungen und Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7(1): 111–138. BHL. Reference page.
Roberts, A. 1933. Eleven new forms of South African mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15(2): 265–270. hdl: 10520/AJA00411752_604 . Reference page.

Otomys brantsii in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.