Mt. Oku Rat

Taxobox
name = Mt. Oku Rat
status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
subfamilia = Murinae
genus = "Lamottemys"
genus_authority = Petter, 1986
species = "L. okuensis"
binomial = "Lamottemys okuensis"
binomial_authority = Petter, 1986
synonyms = The Mt. Oku Rat ("Lamottemys okuensis") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It is found only in Cameroon.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Dieterlen, F. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/11202/all Lamottemys okuensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.