Lophuromys angolensis
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Taxonavigation: Muroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Deomyinae
Genus: Lophuromys
Subgenus: Lophuromys (Lophuromys)
Species: Lophuromys angolensis
Name[edit]
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[edit]
- 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.