Mount Cameroon brush-furred rat

Species of rodent

Mount Cameroon brush-furred rat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Lophuromys
Species:
L. roseveari
Binomial name
Lophuromys roseveari
Verheyen, Huselmans, Colyn & Hutterer, 1997

The Mount Cameroon brush-furred rat or Rosevear's brush-furred mouse (Lophuromys roseveari) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Cameroon. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, plantations, and rural gardens.

References

  1. ^ Dieterlen, F. (2017). "Lophuromys roseveari". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T45055A22408108. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T45055A22408108.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  • 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.
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Extant species of subfamily Deomyinae
Acomys
(Spiny mice)
  • Western Saharan spiny mouse (A. airensis)
  • Cairo spiny mouse (A. cahirinus)
  • Chudeau's spiny mouse (A. chudeaui)
  • Asia Minor spiny mouse (A. cilicicus)
  • Gray spiny mouse (A. cineraceus)
  • Eastern spiny mouse (A. dimidiatus)
  • Fiery spiny mouse (A. ignitus)
  • Johan's spiny mouse (A. johannis)
  • Kemp's spiny mouse (A. kempi)
  • Louise's spiny mouse (A. louisae)
  • Crete spiny mouse (A. minous)
  • Mullah spiny mouse (A. mullah)
  • Muze spiny mouse (A. muzei)
  • Cyprus spiny mouse (A. nesiotes)
  • Nguru spiny mouse (A. ngurui)
  • Percival's spiny mouse (A. percivali)
  • Golden spiny mouse (A. russatus)
  • Seurat's spiny mouse (A. seurati)
  • Southern African spiny mouse (A. spinosissimus)
  • Cape spiny mouse (A. subspinosus)
  • Wilson's spiny mouse (A. wilsoni)
Deomys
  • Link rat (D. ferrugineus)
Lophuromys
(Brush-furred mice)
Subgenus Kivumys
Yellow-bellied brush-furred rat (L. luteogaster)
Medium-tailed brush-furred rat (L. medicaudatus)
Woosnam's brush-furred rat (L. woosnami)
Subgenus Lophuromys
Angolan brush-furred rat (L. angolensis)
Ansorge's brush-furred rat (L. ansorgei)
Gray brush-furred rat (L. aquilus)
Short-tailed brush-furred rat (L. brevicaudus)
Thomas's Ethiopian brush-furred rat (L. brunneus)
Mount Chercher brush-furred rat (L. chercherensis)
Ethiopian forest brush-furred rat (L. chrysopus)
Dieterlen's brush-furred mouse (L. dieterleni)
Dudu's brush-furred rat (L. dudui)
Eisentraut's brush-furred rat (L. eisentrauti)
Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat (L. flavopunctatus)
Hutterer's brush-furred mouse (L. huttereri)
Kilonzo's brush furred rat (L. kilonzoi)
L. laticeps
L. machangui
Makundi's brush-furred rat (L. makundii)
L. margarettae
Black-clawed brush-furred rat (L. melanonyx)
North Western Rift brush-furred rat (L. menageshae)
Fire-bellied brush-furred rat (L. nudicaudus)
Sheko Forest brush-furred rat (L. pseudosikapusi)
Rahm's brush-furred rat (L. rahmi)
L. rita
Mount Cameroon brush-furred rat (L. roseveari)
Sabuni's brush-furred rat (L. sabunii)
Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat (L. sikapusi)
L. simensis
Stanley's brush-furred rat (L. stanleyi)
Verhagen's brush-furred rat (L. verhageni)
Zena's brush-furred rat (L. zena)
Uranomys
  • Rudd's mouse (U. ruddi)
Taxon identifiers
Lophuromys roseveari


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