Otomys burtoni Thomas 1918

Otomys burtoni Thomas 1918, 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.