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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Deomyinae
--> GENUS Lophuromys
--> SUBGENUS Lophuromys
SPECIES Lophuromys (Lophuromys) verhageni
| Author: | W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, and E. Verheyen, 2002. | | Citation: | Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belgique, Biol., 72: 153. | | Common Name: | Verhagen’s Brush-furred Rat | | Type Locality: | N Tanzania, Mt. Meru, 2600 m (coordinates given by W. Verheyen et al., 2002). | | Distribution: | Endemic to Mt Meru, 2600-3050 m (see W. Verheyen et al., 2002). | | Comments: | Subgenus Lophuromys, L. aquilus species group (W. Verheyen et al., 2002). Defined by morphometric data and mtDNA cytochrome b sequences, and phylogenetically most closely related to L. aquilus. |
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