Lophuromys dudui
W. N. Verheyen, J. L. J. Hulselmans, Dierckx, & E. Verheyen, 2002
Dudu'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. and Verheyen, E. 2002. The Lophuromys flavopunctatus Thomas 1888 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 (Biologie)72:141-182.
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Original name as described
Lophuromys dudui
Type material
RMCA 1995.051-M-3088
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Masako Forest Reserve, right bank of the Congo River near Kisangani, N DR Congo.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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