Lophuromys rahmi

W. N. Verheyen, 1964

Rahm'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. 1964-03-28. Description of _Lophuromys rahmi_ a new species of Muridae from Central Africa. Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 69(1-2):206-213.

Original name as described

Lophuromys rahmi

Type material

RMCA 31576

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Bogamanda near Lemera, Kivu, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Burundi · Uganda

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002891

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 rahmi

W. N. Verheyen, 1964

Family

Muridae

Root name

rahmi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 31576

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

206

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12352/22408380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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