Otomys unisulcatus (Bush vlei rat)

karoo bush rat [English]; Karoose bosrot, boskaroorot [Afrikaans]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Euarchontaglires > Glires > Rodentia (rodents) > Sciurognathi > Family: Muridae (rats and mice) > Subfamily: Otomyini

Otomys unisulcatus, West Coast National Park, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]	Otomys unisulcatus, Murraysburg, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]