Dudu's brush-furred rat

Dudu's brush-furred rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Lophuromys
Species:
L. dudui
Binomial name
Lophuromys dudui
Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx & Verheyen, 2002

Dudu's brush-furred rat (Lophuromys dudui) is a rodent belonging to the genus Lophuromys. It is native to the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, from Kisangani to the eastern mountains of Garamba, Blukwa and Djugu to Irangi.[1]

It has a short tail and is distinguished by its small skull, short ears and short hindquarters.[2] It was split from the species L. flavopunctatus in 2002.[3]

References

  1. ^ Verheyen W.; Hulselmans J.; Dierckx T.; Verheyen E. (2002). "The Lophuromys flavopunctatus Thomas 1888 s.l. 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. 72: 142–182.
  2. ^ Musser, GG & Carleton, MD (2005). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference . 3rd ed. The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.
  3. ^ Duff, Andrew & Lawson, Ann (2004). Mammals of the World: A Checklist. Yale University Press. p. 215. ISBN 9780300103984.

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