Buff-bellied Brush-furred Rat
Lophuromys luteogaster Hatt, 1934
Also calledGelbbauch-Biirstenhaarmaus (deu) · Rat-hérissé a ventre fauve (fra) · Souris hérisse à ventre fauve (fra) · keltavatsarotta (fin) · szczoteczniczka żółtobrzucha (pol) · Желтобрюхая жесткошёрстная мышь (rus) · キバラブラシネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Am. Mus. Novit. vol.708 p.4
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Subgenus Kivumys. W. Verheyen et al. (1996 a: 250) referred to a " L. woosnami-luteogaster species-complex. " Redescribed by W. Verheyen (1964 c), who noted that skull of holotype is an L. aquilus (discussed as flavopunctatus) but the skin does represent the species named by Hatt, and both skin and skull of the paratype are luteogaster; earlier, Osgood (1936: 244) had identified the holotype as being a mismatch: " Although the skin is unique among Lophuromys, the skull is perfectly normal for a member of the aquilus group. " Additional descriptions and references to this poorly known species were summarized by Dieterlen (1975, 1976 b, 1987).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: NE and E Dem. Rep. Congo (Medje, Irangi, Bafwasende, and Tungula; Dieterlen, 1987); limits unknown.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Dem. Rep. Congo, Orientale (Haute-Zaire), Ituri Dist., Medje.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Subgenus Kivumys. References to this poorly known species were summarized by Dieterlen (1975, 1987).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437673.