| Southern African vlei rat | |
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| A southern African vlei rat, grazing beside a reed-fringed dam | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Otomys |
| Species: | O. irroratus
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| Binomial name | |
| Otomys irroratus (Brants, 1827)
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The Southern African vlei rat (Otomys irroratus) is a species of rodent in the vlei rat genus, Otomys, of the family Muridae in the order Rodentia. This is the type species of the genus.[2] It is native to the grasslands and swamps of southern Africa where it is a common species.
- ^ Taylor, P.; Baxter, R. (2017). "Otomys irroratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T110662669A50562581. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T110662669A50562581.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Genus Otomys, Mammal Species of the World, 3rd ed.