Medium-tailed Brush-furred Rat

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Medium-tailed Brush-furred Rat
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Lophuromys Species: L. medicaudatus
Binomial name
Lophuromys medicaudatus Dieterlen, 1975

The Medium-tailed Brush-furred Rat (Lophuromys medicaudatus) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It it found in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

• Dieterlen, F. 2004. Lophuromys medicaudatus. 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.