Bush Karroo Rat

Myotomys unisulcatus (F.Cuvier, 1829) — also called Bush Vlei Rat. Occurrence records of the Bush Karroo Rat are shared on GBIF from around 14 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Addo Elephant National Park (29 records), in 3 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernMuridae

14reserves with records

79records around them

3provinces

LCIUCN category

Bush Karroo Rat (Myotomys unisulcatus) — Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Addo Elephant National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	29
Nyati ConcessionProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	15
Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	5
Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	3
Cape Columbine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	3
Mountain Zebra National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	3
Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	3
Vrolijkheid Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Goegap Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	2
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	2
The Koppie Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	2
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	2

By province

Western Cape: 9 reserves
Eastern Cape: 3 reserves
Northern Cape: 2 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Scientific name: Myotomys unisulcatus
GBIF taxon: 4264856
Wikidata: Q1765959

More of the Muridae family

Xeric Four-striped Grass Rat Southern African Vlei Rat Namaqua Micaelamys Southern African Pygmy Mouse Cape Short-tailed Gerbil Single-Striped Lemniscomys Common Grammomys Paeba Hairy-footed Gerbil Red Veld Aethomys Natal Mastomys Mesic Four-striped Grass Rat Southern African Mastomys Angoni Vlei Rat Southern African Spiny Mouse Black-tailed Thallomys South East African Vlei Rat

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.