Sabuni's brush-furred rat

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Sabuni's brush-furred rat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Lophuromys
Species:
L. sabunii
Binomial name
Lophuromys sabunii
W.N. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Mulungu, Leirs, Corti & E. Verheyen, 2007 [2]

Sabuni's brush-furred rat (Lophuromys sabunii) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. [2] It has been recorded from Tanzania. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Dando, T.; Verheyen, E.; Kennerley, R. (2019). "Lophuromys sabunii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T47997414A47997488. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T47997414A47997488.en .
  2. 1 2 Verheyen, W.N.; Hulselmans, J.L.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.