MCZ Mammalogy 26645

Otomys typus uzungwensis Lawrence and Loveridge, 1953

Holotype of Otomys uzungwensis

Date Collected:

1929-12-31

Africa: Tanzania: Iringa | Uzungwe Mountains, Dabaga [VERBATIM ELEVATION:1830]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:26645 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Mammalogy 26645

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Mamm:26645 Otomys typus uzungwensis Holotype

Current Identification
Otomys typus uzungwensis Lawrence and Loveridge, 1953
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Muridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Taxonomic Cards
Previous Identifications
Otomys percivali
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Muridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger
Otomys uzungwensis Lawrence and Loveridge, 1953
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Muridae
Common Name(s): Uzungwe Vlei Rat
Determiner: Barbara Lawrencelinked data icon; Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon on 1953-06-30
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ID Date is date of publication

Lawrence and Loveridge 1953, page 61, Holotype of Otomys uzungwensis Lawrence and Loveridge, 1953
Media type: text; Lawrence and Loveridge 1953 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. CX no. 1;

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Shows Publication: Lawrence and Loveridge 1953 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. CX no. 1

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Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
skull (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: skin; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-10-26
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-10-19   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
age class adult [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-10-26

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Tanzania
  • State/Province:
  • Iringa
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001685 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Uzungwe Mountains, Dabaga [VERBATIM ELEVATION:1830]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Tanganyika Terr. Dabaga, Uzungwe
  • Georeference:
  • -8.1057910°, 35.9110020° (Error radius: 9547m) By: Tsuyoshi Takahashi on 2021-12-14 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1929-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Migrated as 31-Dec-1929
  • Collector:
  • Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 26626; 26627; 26628; 26629; 26630; 26631; 26632; 26633; 26634; 26635; 26636; 26637; 26638; 26639; 26640; 26641; 26642; 26643; 26644; 26645; 26646; 26647; 26648; 26649; 26650 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 021926-027875, pg.189;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:26626 Lophuromys aquilus aquilus to MC...

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