Pouched rats are a group of African rodents in the subfamily Cricetomyinae. They are members of the family Nesomyidae, which contains other African muroids such as climbing mice, Malagasy mice, and the white-tailed rat. All nesomyids are in the superfamily Muroidea, a large and complex clade containing 1/4 of all mammal species. Sometimes the pouched rats are placed in the family Muridae along with all other members of the superfamily Muroidea.
Hyperolius kivuensis is a frog species of in the family Hyperoliidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, possibly Mozambique, and possibly Sudan.
Leptopelis karissimbensis is a species of frog in the family Arthroleptidae. It is found in the highlands of western Rwanda and southwestern Uganda and in the adjacent eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is very similar to Leptopelis kivuensis and has been confused with that species. Common names Karissimbi forest treefrog and Karissimbi tree frog have been coined for it.
Leptopelis kivuensis is a species of frog in the family Arthroleptidae. It is found in the highlands of western Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda, and in the extreme eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has been considered synonym of Leptopelis karissimbensis, and has been confused with that species. Common names Kisenyi forest treefrog and Kivu tree frog have been coined for it.
Peddiea kivuensis is a species of plant in the family Thymelaeaceae. It is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The Kivu giant pouched rat is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found in Southern Africa.
Bematistes obliqua, the yellow-banded bematistes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of sub-montane forest.
Sophronica is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
Brimopsis kivuensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Brimopsis. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1936.
Jana kivuensis is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Lucien A. Berger in 1980. It is found in the provinces of South Kivu and North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Hygrophoropsis kivuensis is a species of fungus in the family Hygrophoropsidaceae. Found in the Republic of Congo, it was described as new to science in 1963 by Belgian botanist Paul Heinemann.
Mastax kivuensis is a species of beetle in the Carabidae family with restricted distribution in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Sophronica bimaculipennis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1955, originally under the genus Sophronisca. It is known from Ghana, the Ivory Coast, and Guinea. It contains the varietas Sophronica bimaculipennis var. besnardi.
Sophronica rufobasiantennalis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1948. It contains the varietas Sophronica rufobasiantennalis var. ovalis.
Sophronica rufulescens is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1940. It feeds on the Monterey Pine.
Sophronica subdivisa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1940.
Sophronica angusticollis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1928. It is known from Somalia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Kenya.
Sophronica amplipennis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Pascoe in 1888.
Eunidia kivuensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1948.
Synhomelix kivuensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1956.
