Lophuromys angolensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Deomyinae
Genus: Lophuromys
Subgenus: Lophuromys (Lophuromys)
Species: Lophuromys angolensis

Name

Lophuromys angolensis Verheyen, Dierckx & Hulselmans, 2000

Type locality: Mbwambala (05.03 S; 18.55 E) at an altitude of 500 m. (collecting nr 1110; trap. stat. nrI7). Dem. Rep. Congo.

Holotype: KMMA 97-021-M-l; adult female; spirit specimen; skull complete; collected by H. LEIRS (05 july 1995).

Paratypes: 45 specimens (28 adult males; 17 adult Jemales); all collected in the vicinity of Kikwit but at different localities.

References

• Verheyen W., Dierckx T. and Hulselmans J. 2000: The brush-furred rats of Angola and southern congo: description of a new taxon of the Lophuromys sikapusi complex. Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: biologie, 70: 253–267.

Vernacular names

English: Angolan Brush-furred Rat