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Otomys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Otomys was named by Cuvier (1824). It is extant.

It was assigned to Murina by Gray (1825); and to Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species lacking formal opinion data
O. angoniensis, O. gracilis, O. saundersiae, O. sloggetti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Otomys Cuvier
1825Otomys Gray p. 341
1997Otomys McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyMuridaeIlliger 1811
familyMurina
genusOtomysCuvier 1824

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Otomys Cuvier 1824
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:15:11
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa O. gracilis, O. sloggetti (22339 22341 22353)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa O. gracilis (22333 22334)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Zambia O. angoniensis (68339)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa O. gracilis (21824) O. sp. (21827)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa O. angoniensis (21915) O. sp. (21931)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa O. laminatus, O. angoniensis (21949) O. saundersiae (21711)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania O. kempi (22628) O. petteri (22617) O. sp. (22041 22064)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa O. sp. (21961)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Kenya O. sp. (68020)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Zambia O. angoniensis (68340 68341 68342)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya O. angoniensis (22272)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa O. sp. (115225)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Rwanda O. sp. (129898)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) O. angoniensis (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya O. irroratus (21959) O. sp. (21933)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa O. irroratus (21896) O. sp. (21862 21930)