| Cheesman's vlei rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Otomys |
| Species: | O. cheesmani
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| Binomial name | |
| Otomys cheesmani Taylor, Lavrenchenko, Carleton, Verheyen, Bennett, Oosthuizen & Maree, 2011[2]
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The Cheesman's vlei rat (Otomys cheesmani)[1][3] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is considered endemic to northwestern Ethiopia.[1]
- ^ a b c Taylor, P.; Relton, C. (2021). "Otomys cheesmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T48008221A48008228. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T48008221A48008228.en.
- ^ Taylor, Peter J.; Lavrenchenko, Leonid A.; Carleton, Michael D.; Verheyen, Erik; Bennett, Nigel C.; Oosthuizen, Carel J.; Maree, Sarita (13 September 2011). "Specific limits and emerging diversity patterns in East African populations of laminate-toothed rats, genus Otomys (Muridae: Murinae: Otomyini): Revision of the Otomys typus complex" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3024 (1): 1–66. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3024.1.1. S2CID 59381852. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Otomys cheesmani (id=1003395)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 10 February 2023.