Western Vlei Rat
Otomys occidentalis Dieterlen & Van der Straeten, 1992
Also calledOtomys occidental (fra) · Rat du vlei occidental (fra) · Westliche Lamellenzahnratte (deu) · nigeriankorvarotta (fin) · uszkor paprociowy (pol) · Западная болотная крыса (rus) · セイブヤブカローネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Bonn. Zool. Beitr. vol.43 p.386
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: A species with 5 laminae on m 1, closely related to O. barbouri and O. lacustris in mountains of eastern Africa according to Dieterlen and Van der Straeten (1992).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Recorded only from the Gotel Mtns, E Nigeria, and Mount Oku, W Cameroon.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Closely related to populations in mountains of E Africa (Dieterlen and Van der Straeten, 1992).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Recorded only from the type locality and Mt. Oku in W Cameroon.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5219870.