Lophuromys rita

Dollman, 1910

Congolese 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

Authority citation

Dollman, G. 1910-02-01. On a collection of mammals made by Mr. S. A. Neave, during his expedition in Northern Rhodesia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)5(26):173-181.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094600

Original name as described

Lophuromys rita

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1909.1.3.36

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d647049d-1707-49a8-b075-270576611ca6

Type locality

Mporokoso, S. Lake Tanganyika.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Zambia

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002892

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 rita

Dollman, 1910

Family

Muridae

Root name

rita

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.1.3.36

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d647049d-1707-49a8-b075-270576611ca6

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094600

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1914:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
  2. Kershaw (1923:367, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Lophuromys flavopunctatus rita

Hayman, 1963

Family

Muridae

Root name

rita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

125

Authority publication

Publicações culturais, Companhia de Diamantes de Angola

Name usages

Hayman (1963:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)

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