Lophuromys dudui
| Lophuromys dudui | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Deomyinae |
| Genus: | Lophuromys |
| Species: | L. dudui |
| Binomial name | |
| Lophuromys dudui Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx & Verheyen, 2002 | |
Lophuromys dudui (Dudu's brush-furred rat) 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]
L. dudui 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Duff, Andrew and Lawson, Ann (2004). Mammals of the World: A Checklist. Yale University Press. p. 215. ISBN 9780300103984.
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