Rahm's Brush-furred Rat

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Rahm's Brush-furred Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Lophuromys
Species: L. rahmi
Binomial name
Lophuromys rahmi
Verheyen, 1964

Rahm's Brush-furred Rat (Lophuromys rahmi) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It it found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

  • Dieterlen, F. 2004. Lophuromys rahmi. 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.
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