Short-tailed brush-furred rat

Short-tailed Brush-furred Rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Lophuromys
Species: L. brevicaudus
Binomial name
Lophuromys brevicaudus
Osgood, 1936

The Short-tailed Brush-furred Rat (Lophuromys brevicaudus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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