Lophuromys brevicaudus

Osgood, 1936

Short-tailed Brush-furred Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Deomyinae
Genus : Lophuromys
Subgenus : Lophuromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Osgood, W.H. 1936-12-28. New and imperfectly known small mammals from Africa. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 20(21):217-256.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778335

Original name as described

Lophuromys brevicaudus

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:28573

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=e3f0d27f-6527-40b3-a6b7-559eb5f02215

Type locality

"Mount Albasso [= Mount Badda], Chilalo Mountains, Arusi, Ethiopia (northeast side of mountains at edge of heather). Alt. 10,700 ft. [= 3261 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002870

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Lophuromys brevicaudus

Osgood, 1936

Family

Muridae

Root name

brevicaudus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:28573

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=e3f0d27f-6527-40b3-a6b7-559eb5f02215

Authority page

241

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778335

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Happold (2013:240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #45058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #45058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002870) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45058/22407828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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