Albertine Rift Brush-furred Rat
Lophuromys laticeps Thomas & Wroughton, 1907
Also calledBreitkopf-Blrstenhaarmaus (deu) · Rat-hérissé du Kivu (fra) · szczoteczniczka płaskogłowa (pol)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
biology_ecology
Habitat. High-elevation Rwandan forest, bush, Hagenia (Rosaceae) woodlands, swamps, and Afro-alpine zones at elevations of 2400 - 4000 m.
Muridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Muridae
conservation
Status and Conservation. Not yet assessed on The IUCN Red List.
Muridae
description
Descriptive notes. Head-body 99 - 136 mm, tail 54 - 76 mm, ear 15 - 18 - 6 mm, hindfoot 19 - 23 - 3 mm; weight 43 - 76 g. Externally, the Albertine Rift Brush-furred Rat looks like the Buff-spotted Brush-furred Rat (L. flavopunctatus), with speckled pelage of the same colors. Tail of the Albertine Rift Brush-furred Rat is shorter (60 %) than head-body length.
Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 11595772.