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Ethiopian Brush-furred Rat
Lophuromys brunneus
Thomas's Ethiopian brush-furred rat (Lophuromys brunneus), also called the brown brush-furred rat or the brown brush-furred mouse, is a species of brush-furred mouse from Southern Ethiopia.
From the article Thomas's Ethiopian brush-furred rat on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The holotype had a body 125 millimetres (4.9 in) long and a tail 80 millimetres (3.1 in) long. The body is a pale brown with a pale brown or clay-colored belly.
Range & habitat
L. brunneus is endemic to the highlands of Southern Ethiopia, from the Semien Mountains to Manno-Jimma. The type locality is around the Omo River.
Wikipedia: “Range and habitat”
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It was originally described as a subspecies of Lophuromys aquilus (L. aquilus brunneus) in 1906 by Oldfield Thomas, from a specimen collected 13 May 1905. It was reclassified as a subspecies of Lophuromys flavopunctatus in 1936 as a synonym to subspecies L. flavopunctatus zaphiri. In 2002, it was elevated to species status.
Wikipedia: “History”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1431601.