Medium-tailed brush-furred rat

Medium-tailed brush-furred rat
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Lophuromys
Species:	L. medicaudatus
Binomial name
Lophuromys medicaudatus Dieterlen, 1975

The medium-tailed brush-furred rat (Lophuromys medicaudatus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It has been recorded from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. It lives in rainforest and swamps. It is a rare species which is threatened by habitat loss. ^[1]

Notes

1. Kennerley, R. (2016). "Lophuromys medicaudatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T12350A22408558. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T12350A22408558.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.

References

• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.