Short-tailed brush-furred rat

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Short-tailed brush-furred rat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Lophuromys
Species:
L. brevicaudus
Binomial name
Lophuromys brevicaudus
Osgood, 1936

The short-tailed brush-furred rat (Lophuromys brevicaudus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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References

  1. Verheyen, E.; Lavrenchenko, L.; Dando, T. (2020). "Lophuromys brevicaudus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T45058A22407828. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T45058A22407828.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.