The Charada vlei rat (Otomys fortior) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae that is endemic to southwestern Ethiopia. Thomas first described it in 1906 as Otomys typus fortior, and Dollmann raised it to species status in 1915. Allen placed it back under the Ethiopian vlei rat, Otomys typus, in 1939, but Taylor and colleagues in 2011 returned it to species status, arguing that its biogeographical and ecological separation from the other members of the genus in the region was sufficient. It is known from fewer than ten locations in Ethiopia, and both its population and its habitat are suggested to be declining. For that reason the International Union for Conservation of Nature assesses the species as Vulnerable.
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It is endemic to southwestern Ethiopia.
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hence the assessment of the species as "Vulnerable" by the IUCN
Conservation, population
its population is suggested to be declining as well as its habitat
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It is endemic to southwestern Ethiopia.
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is a species of rodent in the family of Muridae
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