Otomys sloggetti (Sloggett's vlei rat, Ice rat)

leboti, Sloggett's Karoo rat, Sloggett's rat [English]; Sloggett se rot, Sloggett se Kar [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 sloggetti (Sloggett's vlei rat), Sani Pass, Lesotho.  [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]