Lophuromys aquilus

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 aquilus

Name

Lophuromys aquilus (True, 1892)

Type locality: East Africa, Tanzania, Mt Kilimanjaro, 8000 ft (2650 m; coordinates given by W. Verheyen et al., 2002).

Synonyms

• Mus aquilus True, 1892: 460
• Mus aquilus Lyon and Osgood, 1909.

Bull. 62, U.S. Nat. Mus., p. 144. January 28.

• Lophuromys zena Dollman, 1909.

Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 4, p. 550. December. (East side of Aberdare Mts., near Nyeri, British East Africa; type in British Museum.)

• Lophuromys rubecula Dollman, 1909.

Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 4, p. 551. December. (Elgonyi, Mt. Elgon, British East Africa; type in British Museum.)

• Lophuromys aquilus Roosevelt, 1910.

African Game Trails. Amer. ed., pp. 472, 477; London ed., pp. 484, 489.

• Lophuromys sp. Cockerell, Miller, and Printz, 1914.

Zool. Anz., vol. 44, p. 437. June 23.

References

• True, F.W. 1892. An annotated catalogue of the Mammals collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott in the Kilimandjaro region, East Africa. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 15: 445—480.
• Verheyen W., Hulselmans J., Dierckx T., Mulungu L., Leirs H., Corti M. & Verheyen E. 2007: The characterization of the Kilimanjaro Lophuromys aquilus True 1892 population and the description of five new Lophuromys species (Rodentia, Muridae). Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Biologie, 77: 23–75.

Vernacular names

English: Blackish Brush-furred Mouse, Masai Harsh-furred Mouse, Gray Brush-furred Rat, Dark-colored brush-furred rat