Lophuromys laticeps
O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1907
Albertine Rift 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
Authority citation
Thomas, O. and Wroughton, R.C. 1907-04-30. New mammals from Lake Chad and the Congo, mostly from the collections made during the Alexander-Gosling expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)19(113):370-387.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254843Original name as described
Lophuromys laticeps
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1907.6.14.35
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4da792ea-a51d-43a1-aa99-6000ccec3e44Type locality
Lake Kivu, Rwanda.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi
Taxonomy notes
split from L. aquilus
Taxonomy notes citation
Mulungu, L., Leirs, H., Corti, M., Peterhans, J. K., & Verheyen, E. (2007). The characterization of the Kilimanjaro Lophuromys aquilus True 1892 population and the description of five new Lophuromys species (Rodentia, Muridae). Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut Voor Natuurwetenschappen. Studiedocumenten, 77, 23-75. · 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
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