Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat
Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Lophuromys |
Species: | L. flavopunctatus
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Binomial name | |
Lophuromys flavopunctatus Thomas, 1888
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The yellow-spotted brush-furred rat (Lophuromys flavopunctatus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural
subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland
. The population in Ethiopia is isolated and can be found at high altitudes up to 4,500 m above sea level.
References
- . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Dieterlen, F. 2004. Lophuromys flavopunctatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
- OCLC 62265494.