''Myotomys'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of African Karoo rats that inhabit the

Karoo The Karoo ( ; from the Afrikaans borrowing of the South Khoekhoe Khoemana (also known as !Orakobab or Korana) word is a semidesert natural region of South Africa. No exact definition of what constitutes the Karoo is available, so its extent is ...

, a semi-desert region in the southern portion of the African continent. Previously placed in the genus ''

Otomys African vlei rats (''Otomys''), also known as groove-toothed rats, live in many areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Most species live in marshlands, grasslands, and similar habitats and feed on the vegetation of such areas, occasionally supplementing ...

'', they are sometimes referred to as vlei rats.

Species

Genus ''Myotomys'' * Sloggett's vlei rat (rock Karoo rat, ice rat), ''Myotomys sloggetti'' 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. * Bush vlei rat, ''Myotomys unisulcatus''

References

Rodent genera Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas {{Murinae-stub