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Brush-furred Rats
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Brush-furred Rats

Lophuromys

The brush-furred mice, genus Lophuromys are a group of rodents found in sub-Saharan Africa. They are members of the subfamily Deomyinae, a group only identifiable through molecular analysis. Lophuromys is also known as the brush-furred rats, harsh-furred rats or coarse-haired mice.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 34 known species

Lophuromys

subgenusLophuromys

Kivumys

subgenusKivumys

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45223.