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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familyMuridae
  6. ›genusLamottemys
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Mount Oku Lamottemys

Lamottemys okuensis F.Petter, 1986

Also calledOku-Ratte (deu) · Rat de Lamotte (fra) · Rat du Mont Oku (fra) · krysa oku (ces) · lamotek kameruński (pol) · okuvuorenrotta (fin) · Окуанская крыса (rus) · オクヤマネズミ (jpn)

First described in: Cimbebasia, Ser. A vol.8 p.98

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

discussion

Discussion: Palatal ridges described and contrasted with Oenomys hypoxanthus by Fülling (1992).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

distribution

Distribution: Known only by a few specimens from Mt Oku (Dieterlen and Van der Straeten, 1988; F. Petter, 1986).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

distribution

DISTRIBUTION: Known only by a small sample from Mt Oku (Dieterlen and Van der Straeten, 1988; Fülling, 1992; Petter, 1986).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

biology_ecology

Habitat. Dense montane forest at elevations of 2100 - 2900 m.

Muridae

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Recorded sightings

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438345.