Lophuromys makundii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Muroidea

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

Name

Lophuromys makundii Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Mulungu, Leirs, Corti & Verheyen, 2007: 38

• Holotype: RMCA 1996.037-M-2325, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Jan Stuyck and Walter N. Verheyen on 25 October 1987.
• Type locality: “Gerodom (foot of Mount Hanang along a brook) (04. 28°S – 35. 23°E; at approximately 2000 meter above sea level)”.

References

Primary references

• Verheyen, W.N., 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 de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Biologie) 77: 23–75. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Makundi's Brush-furred Rat