Lophuromys dieterleni

W. N. Verheyen, J. Hulselmans, Colyn, & Hutterer, 1997

Mount Oku 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

Verheyen, W.N., Hulselmans, J., Colyn, M. and Hutterer, R. 1997. Systematics and zoogeography of the small mammal fauna of Cameroun: Description of two new Lophuromys (Rodentia: Muridae) endemic to Mount Cameroun and Mount Oku. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 67:163-186.

Authority publication link

http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-biologie/67-1997/biologie-1997-67_163-186.pdf

Original name as described

Lophuromys dieterleni

Other common names

Dieterlen's Brush-furred Mouse

Type material

ZFMK:Mamm:1968.289

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

border of the crater lake on Mt Oku, 2100 m, Bamenda-Vanso highlands, West Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002875

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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 dieterleni

W. N. Verheyen, J. Hulselmans, Colyn, & Hutterer, 1997

Family

Muridae

Root name

dieterleni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1968.289

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

173

Authority publication

Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #45056) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #45056) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45056/115202428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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