| Heller's vlei rat | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Otomys |
| Species: | O. helleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Otomys helleri Frick, 1914 | |
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Heller's vlei rat (Otomys helleri) is a species of rodent in the family of Muridae. It is endemic to Ethiopia and is found on the Arussi Plateau and the Bale Mountains.
Taxonomy
Childs Frick (1914) initially described this species under the name Otomys jacksoni helleri. It was then included under O. typus (Ethiopian vlei rat) as a subspecies, and later as a synonym until Taylor et al. (2011) would elevated the taxa to species status.
Conservation
It is listed as "Least Concern" by the IUCN, due to a vast area of occurrence.
References
- ^ Taylor, P.; Relton, C. (2021). "Otomys helleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T48011421A78324723. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T48011421A78324723.en.
- Frick, C. 1914. A new genus and some new species of Abyssinian rodents. Annals of the Varnegie Museum 9: 7-28
- "Otomys helleri (id=1003401)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- Taylor, Peter J.; Lavrenchenko, Leonid A.; Carleton, Michael D.; Verheyen, Erik; Bennett, Nigel C.; Oosthuizen, Carel J.; Maree, Sarita (13 September 2011). "Specific limits and emerging diversity patterns in East African populations of laminate-toothed rats, genus Otomys (Muridae: Murinae: Otomyini): Revision of the Otomys typus complex" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3024 (1): 1–66. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3024.1.1. S2CID 59381852. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
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| Otomys helleri | |
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