Otomys occidentalis Dieterlen and Van der Straeten 1992

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 : 1528

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scientific name	Otomys occidentalis Dieterlen and Van der Straeten 1992
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Otomys occidentalis Dieterlen and Van der Straeten 1992 , Bonn. Zool. Beitr., Vol. 43: 386.

Type Locality: Nigeria, Gotel Mountains, Chappal Waddi.

Vernacular Names: Western Vlei Rat.

Distribution: Recorded only from the Gotel Mtns, E Nigeria, and Mount Oku, W Cameroon.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: 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).