Lophuromys aquilus

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 aquilus

Name

Lophuromys aquilus (True, 1892)

Type locality: East Africa, Tanzania, Mt Kilimanjaro, 8000 ft (2650 m; coordinates given by W. Verheyen et al., 2002).

Synonyms

  • Mus aquilus True, 1892: 460
  • Mus aquilus Lyon and Osgood, 1909.
Bull. 62, U.S. Nat. Mus., p. 144. January 28.
  • Lophuromys zena Dollman, 1909.
Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 4, p. 550. December. (East side of Aberdare Mts., near Nyeri, British East Africa; type in British Museum.)
  • Lophuromys rubecula Dollman, 1909.
Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 4, p. 551. December. (Elgonyi, Mt. Elgon, British East Africa; type in British Museum.)
  • Lophuromys aquilus Roosevelt, 1910.
African Game Trails. Amer. ed., pp. 472, 477; London ed., pp. 484, 489.
  • Lophuromys sp. Cockerell, Miller, and Printz, 1914.
Zool. Anz., vol. 44, p. 437. June 23.

References

  • True, F.W. 1892. An annotated catalogue of the Mammals collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott in the Kilimandjaro region, East Africa. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 15: 445—480.
  • Verheyen W., Hulselmans 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.

Vernacular names

English: Blackish Brush-furred Mouse, Masai Harsh-furred Mouse, Gray Brush-furred Rat, Dark-colored brush-furred rat
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