Lamottemys okuensis

Petter, 1986

Mount Oku Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Arvicanthini
Genus : Lamottemys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Petter, F. 1986-02-14. Um rougeur nouvea du Mont Oku (Cameround) _Lamottemys okuensis_, gen nov, sp nov; (Rodentia, Muridae). Cimbebasia (A)8(12):97-105.

Original name as described

Lamottemys okuensis

Other common names

Mount Oku Lamottemys

Type material

MNHN 1984-493

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mt Oku, W Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003085

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Lamottemys okuensis

Petter, 1986

Family

Muridae

Root name

okuensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1984-493

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

98

Authority publication

Cimbebasia

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:755) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11202/115101157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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