Lophuromys sabunii
W. N. Verheyen, J. L. J. Hulselmans, Dierckx, Mulungu, Leirs, Corti, & E. Verheyen, 2007
Sabuni'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
Verheyen, W.N., Hulselmans, J.L.J., Dierckx, T., Mulungu, L., Leirs, H., Corti, M. and Verheyen, E. 2007. The characterization of the Kilimanjaro _Lophuromys aquilus_ True 1892 population and the description of five new Lophuromys species (Rodentia, Muridae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Biologie)77:23-75.
Original name as described
Lophuromys sabunii
Type material
RMCA 1996.037-M-3796
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Mbizi, Ufipa Plateau (07.42° S–31.40° E), Tanzania.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Tanzania
Taxonomy notes
recently described
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.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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