Dieterlen's Brush-furred Mouse

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Dieterlen's Brush-furred Mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Lophuromys
Species: L. dieterleni
Binomial name
Lophuromys dieterleni
Verheyen, Huselmans, Colyn & Hutterer, 1997

Dieterlen's Brush-Furred Mouse or Mt Oku Brush-Furred Mouse (Lophuromys dieterleni) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

[edit] References

  • Dieterlen, F. 2004. Lophuromys dieterleni. 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.