Hutterer's Brush-furred Mouse

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Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Lophuromys
Species:	L. huttereri

Binomial name

Lophuromys huttereri
W. Verheyen, Colyn & Hulselmans, 1996

The Hutterer's Brush-furred Mouse or Hutterer's Brush-furred Rat (Lophuromys huttereri) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

[edit] References

Dieterlen, F. 2004. Lophuromys huttereri. 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.