Bush Vlei Rat

Bush Vlei Rat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Myotomys
Species:	M. unisulcatus
Binomial name
Myotomys unisulcatus (F. Cuvier, 1829)

The Bush Vlei Rat or Karoo Bush Rat (Myotomys unisulcatus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Namibia and South Africa. Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland.

References

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
• Taylor, P. & Monadjem, A. 2004. Otomys unisulcatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.