Lophuromys angolensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Metopophora
Cladus: Haptodontiformes
Cladus: Sphenacomorpha
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Pantherapsida
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Eutheriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Epicynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliamorpha
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Magnordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Cladus: Gliriformes
Grandordo: Glires
Mirordo: Simplicidentata
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Supramyomorpha
Infraordo: Myomorphi
Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Deomyinae
Genus: Lophuromys
Subgenus: Lophuromys (Lophuromys)
Species: Lophuromys angolensis

Name

Lophuromys angolensis Verheyen, Dierckx & Hulselmans, 2000

Type locality: Mbwambala (05.03 S; 18.55 E) at an altitude of 500 m. (collecting nr 1110; trap. stat. nrI7). Dem. Rep. Congo.
Holotype: KMMA 97-021-M-l; adult female; spirit specimen; skull complete; collected by H. LEIRS (05 july 1995).
Paratypes: 45 specimens (28 adult males; 17 adult Jemales); all collected in the vicinity of Kikwit but at different localities.

References

  • Verheyen W., Dierckx T. and Hulselmans J. 2000: The brush-furred rats of Angola and southern congo: description of a new taxon of the Lophuromys sikapusi complex. Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: biologie, 70: 253–267.

Vernacular names

English: Angolan Brush-furred Rat
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