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Myotomys unisulcatus (bush vlei rat)

Synonyms: Myotomys unisulcatus albaniensis; Otomys broomi; Otomys unisulcatus; Otomys unisulcatus bergensis; Otomys unisulcatus grantii

Wikipedia Abstract

The bush vlei rat or Karoo bush rat (Myotomys unisulcatus formerly Otomys unisulcatus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Namibia and South Africa.Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
18
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.72
EDGE Score: 1.91
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  124.5 grams
Birth Weight [2]  12 grams
Diet [3]  Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  10 %
Diet - Plants [3]  80 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  10 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  47 days
Gestation [2]  37 days
Litter Size [2]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  1 year
Snout to Vent Length [2]  7 inches (18 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve 934651 Western Cape, South Africa
Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve II 256073 Western Cape, South Africa  
Mamili National Park II 83904 Namibia  
Richtersveld National Park II 399195 Northern Cape, South Africa

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Cape Floristic Region South Africa No
Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland No
Succulent Karoo Namibia, South Africa No

Predators

Galerella pulverulenta (Cape Gray Mongoose)[4]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Felisa A. Smith, S. Kathleen Lyons, S. K. Morgan Ernest, Kate E. Jones, Dawn M. Kaufman, Tamar Dayan, Pablo A. Marquet, James H. Brown, and John P. Haskell. 2003. Body mass of late Quaternary mammals. Ecology 84:3403
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Herpestes pulverulentus, Paolo Cavallini, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 409, pp. 1-4 (1992)
♦ 5International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0