Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1189 1531 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Lemniscomys mittendorfi Eisentraut 1968 Lemniscomys mittendorfi Eisentraut 1968 , Bonn. Zool. Beitr., Vol. 19: 7 . Type Locality: West Cameroon , Banso Highlands, Lake Oku on Mt Oku, 2100 m . Vernacular Names: Mittendorf's Lemniscomys . Distribution: Known only from the type locality. Conservation: IUCN – Endangered. Discussion: Described as a subspecies of L. striatus , included in that species by Misonne (1974) , but treated as separate by Van der Straeten and Verheyen (1980) , who also suggested it has morphometric affinities with L. macculus and L. bellieri . Fülling (1992) contrasted samples of L. mittendorfi and L. striatus and documented differences in morphology of palatal ridges and karyotype (2n = 56, FN = 66-72 for L. mittendorfi ; 2n = 44, FN = 72 for L. striatus ). Eisentraut (1973) discussed the species and L. striatus in the context of a monograph of the West African fauna, in which he provided a color plate contrasting upperparts of L. striatus and L. mittendorfi . In addition to L. mittendorfi , other Mt Oku endemics are the muroid rodents Hylomyscus grandis , Lamottemys okuensis , and Lophuromys dieterleni and the golden mole Chrysochloris basaci .