Biology:Medium-tailed brush-furred rat
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Short description: Species of rodent
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Lophuromys |
| Species: | L. medicaudatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophuromys medicaudatus Dieterlen, 1975
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The medium-tailed brush-furred rat (Lophuromys medicaudatus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It has been recorded from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. It lives in rainforest and swamps. It is a rare species which is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kennerley, R. (2016). "Lophuromys medicaudatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T12350A22408558. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T12350A22408558.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12350/22408558. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
References
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=.
Wikidata ☰ Q1770105 entry
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