Black-clawed Brush-furred Rat

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Black-clawed Brush-furred Rat
Conservation status
Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Lophuromys Species: L. melanonyx
Binomial name
Lophuromys melanonyx Petter, 1972

The Black-clawed Brush-furred Rat (Lophuromys melanonyx) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

• Lavrenchenko, L. 2004. Lophuromys melanonyx. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.