Lophuromys margarettae
E. Heller, 1912
Margaret'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
Authority citation
Heller, E. 1912-07-05. New rodents from British East Africa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 59(16):1-20.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8814875Original name as described
Lophuromys aquilus margarettae
Other common names
Uaragues Harsh-furred Mouse
Type material
USNM:MAMM:181793
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f8ebd69e-ee1f-4d9e-b299-fdd466a5d4f5Type locality
Mt Guargues (= Warges), Lenkiyio Hills, Kenya.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Uganda · Kenya
Taxonomy notes
split from L. aquilus; the name rubecula may represent this species (which would have priority over margarettae), but the holotype clusters with either L. chrysopus or L. zena rather than L. margarettae, unlike other specimens from the type locality of rubecula, which represent L. margarettae; the name is tentatively listed under L. zena here
Taxonomy notes citation
Verheyen, W., Hulselmans, J. L., Dierckx, T., & Verheyen, E. (2002). The Lophuromys flavopunctatus Thomas 1888 sl species complex: a craniometric study, with the description and genetic characterization of two new species (Rodentia-Muridae-Africa). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie, 72, 141-182. · 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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