Lophuromys huttereri
W. N. Verheyen, Colyn, & J. Hulselmans, 1996
Hutterer's 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., Colyn, M. and Hulselmans, J. 1996. Re-evaluation of the _Lophuromys nudicaudus_ Heller, 1911 species-complex with a description of a new species from Zaire (Muridae – Rodentia). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 66:241-273.
Original name as described
Lophuromys huttereri
Other common names
Hutterer's Brush-furred Mouse
Type material
RMCA 1997.009-M-1039
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
near village of Yaenero on left side of the Congo River, 450 m, N Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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