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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002879

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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 huttereri

W. N. Verheyen, Colyn, & J. Hulselmans, 1996

Family

Muridae

Root name

huttereri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 1997.009-M-1039

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

255

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 (2013:248) (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 #45059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #45059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45059/22408026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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