Lophuromys luteogaster

Hatt, 1934

Buff-bellied 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 : Kivumys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hatt, R.T. 1934-04-04. Fourteen hitherto unrecognized African rodents. American Museum Novitates 708:1-15.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/4498

Original name as described

Lophuromys luteogaster

Other common names

Yellow-bellied Brush-furred Rat

Type material

AMNH M-49647

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-49647

Type locality

"Medje, Ituri district, Belgian Congo [= DR Congo]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002882

Country distribution map

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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 luteogaster

Hatt, 1934

Family

Muridae

Root name

luteogaster

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-49647

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-49647

Authority page

4

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Happold (2013:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002882) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12354/22407410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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