Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Otomys occidentalis Dieterlen and Van der Straeten, 1992 . Boon. Zool. Beitr., 43:386 . TYPE LOCALITY: SE Nigeria , Gotel Mtns, Chappal Waddi . DISTRIBUTION: Recorded only from the type locality and Mt. Oku in W Cameroon . COMMENTS: Closely related to populations in mountains of E Africa ( Dieterlen and Van der Straeten, 1992 ).