Machangu's Brush Furred Rat
Lophuromys machangui W.Verheyen, Hulsemans, Dierckx, Mulungu, Leirs, Corti & E.Verheyen, 2007
Also calledMachungu-Birstenhaarmaus (deu) · Rat-hérissé de Machang'u (fra) · szczoteczniczka graniowa (pol)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
biology_ecology
Habitat. Primary and secondary mountain forests and Afro-alpine scrubs at elevations above 2000 m up to 2900 m in Mount Rungwe and surrounding Malawi and Nyika Plateau mountains.
Muridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Muridae
description
Descriptive notes. Head-body 105 - 135 mm, tail 24 - 81 mm, ear 13 - 4 - 19 - 1 mm, hindfoot 17 - 6 - 22 - 7 mm; weight 38 - 84 g. Machangu’s Brush-furred Rat is similar to the Buff-spotted Brush-furred Rat (L. flavopunctatus) and smaller than Kilonzo’s Brush-furred Rat (L. kilonzoi) and the Dark-colored Brush-furred Rat (L. agulus), from whom it can be differentiated by morphometric analyses. Machangu' ’ s Brush-furred Rat is speckled and seems to have a short tail (c. 50 % of head-body length).
Muridae
discussion
During a revision of the L. flavopunctatus species complex, L. machangui was identified based on morphometric analysis of skulls and mtDNA analysis. Monotypic.
Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 9220295.