Biology:Short-tailed brush-furred rat
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Short description: Species of rodent
| Short-tailed brush-furred rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Lophuromys |
| Species: | L. brevicaudus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophuromys brevicaudus Osgood, 1936
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The short-tailed brush-furred rat (Lophuromys brevicaudus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ Verheyen, E.; Lavrenchenko, L.; Dando, T. (2020). "Lophuromys brevicaudus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T45058A22407828. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T45058A22407828.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45058/22407828. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1203. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001028.
Wikidata ☰ Q1761339 entry
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