| Yalden's vlei rat | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (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. yaldeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Otomys yaldeni Taylor, Lavrenchenko, Carleton, Verheyen, Bennett, Oosthuizen & Maree, 2011 | |
The Yalden's vlei rat (Otomys yaldeni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in the Bale Mountains, in southwestern Ethiopia.
Conservation
It is listed as "Vulnerable" by the IUCN due to being known from less than 10 locations and the reduction of the habitat of the species.
References
- ^ Taylor, P.; Relton, C. (2021). "Otomys yaldeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T48018096A78324733. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T48018096A78324733.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 yaldeni (id=1003418)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Otomys yaldeni | |
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