Mount Cameroon Brush-furred Rat

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

Binomial name

Lophuromys roseveari
Verheyen, Huselmans, Colyn & Hutterer, 1997

The Mount Cameroon Brush-furred Rat or Roseveari's Brush-furred Mouse (Lophuromys roseveari) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Cameroon. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, plantations , and rural gardens.

[edit] References

Dieterlen, F. 2004. Lophuromys roseveari. 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.