Lophuromys medicaudatus

Dieterlen, 1975

Western 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 : Kivumys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dieterlen, F. 1975. _Lophuromys medicaudatus_ (Muridae; Rodentia). Beschreibung einer neuen Art, aufgrund neuer Ergebnisse zur systematischen Stellung von _Lophuromys luteogaster_ Hatt (1934). Bonner zoologische Beiträge 26(4):293-318.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44718075

Original name as described

Lophuromys medicaudatus

Other common names

Medium-tailed Brush-furred Rat

Type material

SMNS 13310

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Lemera-Nyabutera, Kivu region, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002886

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 medicaudatus

Dieterlen, 1975

Family

Muridae

Root name

medicaudatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 13310

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

295

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44718075

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

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 (1993:606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Happold (2013:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002886) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12350/22408558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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