Yalden's vlei rat (Otomys yaldeni) is a rodent in the family Muridae that is found only in the Bale Mountains of southwestern Ethiopia. Its habitat is a mosaic of forest and grassland at roughly 2,650 to 3,800 metres, and the type specimens were collected in Afro-montane forest, bamboo patches, moorland and open woodland, the holotype near Dinsho at about 3,170 metres in 1995. It is the smallest of the Ethiopian vlei rats, set apart from Otomys simiensis by its smaller size and its karyotype, and its phylogenetic position is still unresolved because no DNA sequences exist for it. Activity pattern is presumed to be diurnal or crepuscular. The IUCN lists it as Vulnerable because it is known from fewer than ten locations and its habitat is shrinking.
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It is found in the Bale Mountains, in southwestern Ethiopia.
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1. GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF: Otomys yaldeni Taylor, Lavrenchenko, Carleton, Verheyen, Bennett, Oosthuizen & Maree, 2011 - GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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threatStatus: VULNERABLE
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Mosaic of forest and grassland habitats
View the Source 2. Yalden's vlei rat (Wikipedia)
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It is found in the Bale Mountains, in southwestern Ethiopia.
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It is found in the Bale Mountains, in southwestern Ethiopia.
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is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
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is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
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