| Cheesman's vlei rat | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically Endangered (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. cheesmani |
| Binomial name | |
| Otomys cheesmani Taylor, Lavrenchenko, Carleton, Verheyen, Bennett, Oosthuizen & Maree, 2011 | |
The Cheesman's vlei rat (Otomys cheesmani) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is considered endemic to northwestern Ethiopia.
Conservation
It is possibly extinct and only known from two localities in Ethiopia, hence the assessment of the species as "Critically endangered" by the IUCN. Surveys done in 2012 and 2018 found no individuals of the species.
References
- ^ Taylor, P.; Relton, C. (2021). "Otomys cheesmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T48008221A48008228. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T48008221A48008228.en.
- 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 10 February 2023.
- "Otomys cheesmani (id=1003395)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
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| Otomys cheesmani | |
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