Lophuromys verhageni

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Lophuromys verhageni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Muridae
Subfamily:
Deomyinae
Genus:
Lophuromys
Species:
L. verhageni
Binomial name
Lophuromys verhageni
Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx & Verheyen, 2002

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Lophuromys verhageni (Verhagen's brush-furred rat) is a rodent belonging to the genus Lophuromys. It is found between 2600 and 3050 m on Mount Meru in Tanzania. The species is named after Ronald Verhegen for his contributions to the ecology of small mammals of Tanzania. [1]

L. verhageni has a fairly large overall size. It has a large but slender skull with weak supraorbital ridges, and a short tail.[2] The species was split from the species L. flavopunctatus in 2002[3]

References

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Data related to Lophuromys verhageni at Wikispecies

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