The laminate vlei rat, Otomys laminatus, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae that is found only in South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and swamps. It was described by Oldfield Thomas and Harold Schwann in 1905, and the Mammal Diversity Database also lists it as the KwaZulu Natal vlei rat. Its type locality is Sibhudeni, at 1050 metres in the Nkandhla Forest of KwaZulu-Natal Province. It sits in the subfamily Murinae and the tribe Otomyini, the group of laminate-toothed rats, and the database records it as a living species whose IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.
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It is found only in South Africa.
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It is found only in South Africa.
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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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subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and swamps
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