Ethiopian vlei rat

The Ethiopian vlei rat (Otomys typus) is a species of vlei rat in the rodent family Muridae, found only in Ethiopia, where it is considered endemic. Heuglin first described it in 1877 under the name Oreomys typus. The classification of this species and of the genus Otomys varied a great deal over the years, and a 2011 revision by Taylor and colleagues showed that Otomys typus had once contained, as subspecies or synonyms, several species now recognised separately, among them Heller's vlei rat and the Afroalpine vlei rat; the same revision distinguished four species within what had been called O. typus in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and high-altitude shrubland and grassland. Wikipedia says it is said to be common, and the GBIF record lists it as Least Concern.