Otomys burtoni Thomas 1918

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1525

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11335785

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scientific name

Otomys burtoni Thomas 1918
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Otomys burtoni Thomas 1918 View in CoL

Otomys burtoni Thomas 1918 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 2: 210.

Type Locality: Cameroon, Cameroon Mountains, 7000 ft.

Vernacular Names: Burton's Vlei Rat.

Distribution: Highlands of NW Cameroon; range limits unknown.

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Otomys

Loc

Otomys burtoni Thomas 1918

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Otomys burtoni

Thomas 1918: 210
1918
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