Lophuromys chercherensis

Lavrenchenko, W. N. Verheyen, E. Verheyen, J. Hulselmans, & Leirs, 2007

Mount Chercher 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

Authority citation

Lavrenchenko, L.A., Verheyen, W.N., Verheyen, E., Hulselmans, J. and Leirs, H. 2007. Morphometric and genetic study of Ethiopian _Lophuromys flavopunctatus_ Thomas, 1888 species complex with description of three new 70-chromosomal species (Muridae, Rodentia). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Biologie)77:77-117.

Authority publication link

http://projects.biodiversity.be/africanrodentia/publications/african_rodentia_publication_42.pdf

Original name as described

Lophuromys chercherensis

Type material

ZMMU S-168902

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-168902

Type locality

"22 km northeast Hirna (near road Hirna – Deder), Chercher Mountains, Eastern Ethiopia (09°19'43''N 41°15'53''E, 2700 m ASL)."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Lavrenchenko, L. A., Verheyen, W. N., Verheyen, E., Hulselmans, J., & Leirs, H. (2007). Morphometric and genetic study of Ethiopian Lophuromys flavopunctatus Thomas, 1888 species complex with description of three new 70-chromosomal species (Muridae, Rodentia). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie, 77, 77-117.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002872

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 chercherensis

Lavrenchenko, W. N. Verheyen, E. Verheyen, J. Hulselmans, & Leirs, 2007

Family

Muridae

Root name

chercherensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-168902

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-168902

Authority page

102

Authority publication

Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002872) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/47992974/166612346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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