Burton's Vlei Rat
Otomys burtoni Thomas, 1918
Also calledBurton-Lamellenzahnratte (deu) · Otomys de Burton (fra) · Rat du vlei de Burton (fra) · uszkor stokowy (pol) · バートンヤブカローネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9 vol.2 p.210
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Retained as a species until submerged within the pan-African rassenkreis of O. irroratus (Bohmann, 1952; Petter, 1982). As noted by Thomas (1918 b), among the smallest species of Otomys, resembling nubilus (here = O. tropicalis) in Kenya.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Highlands of NW Cameroon; range limits unknown.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
activity
Activity patterns. Burton's Vlei Rat is terrestrial and presumably diurnal or crepuscular.
Muridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5706740.