| Mount Oku rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Arvicanthini |
| Genus: | Lamottemys Petter, 1986 |
| Species: | L. okuensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Lamottemys okuensis Petter, 1986[2]
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The Mount Oku rat (Lamottemys okuensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Lamottemys. It is found only in Cameroon where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat destruction.
- ^ Kennerley, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Lamottemys okuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T11202A115101157. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T11202A22428538.en. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1339. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.