Lophuromys eisentrauti

Dieterlen, 1979

Mount Lefo 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

Dieterlen, F. 1979-01-30. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Gattung Lophuromys (Muridae; Rodentia) in Kamerun und Gabun. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 29(4):287-299.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44689111

Original name as described

Lophuromys sikapusi eisentrauti

Other common names

Eisentraut's Bush-furred Rat

Type material

ZFMK:Mamm:1974.436

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mt Lefo, 2550 m, Bamenda-Banso highlands, West Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002877

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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 sikapusi eisentrauti

Dieterlen, 1979

Family

Muridae

Root name

eisentrauti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1974.436

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

296

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44689111

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Lophuromys eisentrauti

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

eisentrauti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002877) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136619/22408665) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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