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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Otomyinae
--> GENUS Otomys
SPECIES Otomys occidentalis
| Author: | Dieterlen and Van der Straeten, 1992. | | Citation: | Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 43: 386. | | Common Name: | Western Vlei Rat | | Type Locality: | Nigeria, Gotel Mountains, Chappal Waddi. | | Distribution: | Recorded only from the Gotel Mtns, E Nigeria, and Mount Oku, W Cameroon. | | Status: | IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | A species with 5 laminae on m1, closely related to O. barbouri and O. lacustris in mountains of eastern Africa according to Dieterlen and Van der Straeten (1992). |
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