Congolese Brush-furred
Lophuromys rita Dollman, 1910
Also calledKongo-Burstenhaarmaus (deu) · Rat-hérissé du Congo (fra)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
biology_ecology
Habitat. [. owland primary forest at elevations of ¢. 1200 m.
Muridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Muridae
conservation
Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List. The Congolese Brushfurred Rat has recently been captured in primary forest, suggesting it not very rare and probably of Least Concern, but additional data on basic ecology and abundance are needed to clarify its conservation status.
Muridae
description
Descriptive notes. Head-body 107 - 5 mm, tail 68 mm, ear 16 mm (from holotype), hindfoot 21 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Congolese Brush-furred Rat is speckled and similar to the Zena Brush-furred Rat (L. zena) externally but has redder and more finely speckled dorsum. Dorsum of the Congolese Brush-furred Ratis black to reddish brown, and venter is cinnamon-gray. Tail is rather short (c. 63 % of head-body length).
Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 11871077.