Lophuromys cinereus

Dieterlen & Gelmroth, 1974

Gray 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

Dieterlen, F. and Gelmroth, K.G. 1974. Eine weitere Bürstenhaarmaus aus dem Kivugebiet: _Lophuromys cinereus_ spec. nov. (Muridae; Rodentia). Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 39:337-342.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45522518

Original name as described

Lophuromys cinereus

Type material

SMNS 18046

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Marais Mukaba, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

split from L. aquilus

Taxonomy notes citation

Dieterlen, F. 2013. Lophuromys cinereus Grey Brush-Furred Rat. In: Happold, D. (ed.), Mammals of Africa Volume III: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits, pp. 243-244. Bloomsbury, New York. · Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., Denys, C., & Cotterill, F. P. (2015). Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa: A biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002874

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 cinereus

Dieterlen & Gelmroth, 1974

Family

Muridae

Root name

cinereus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 18046

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

337

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45522518

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Happold (2013:243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12349/115104709) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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