Gray Brush-furred Rat

Taxobox
name = Gray Brush-furred Rat
status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Lophuromys"
species = "L. aquilus"
binomial = "Lophuromys aquilus"
binomial_authority = (True, 1892)
synonyms = "cinereus" Dieterlan & GelmrothThe Gray Brush-furred Rat ("Lophuromys aquilus") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It is found only in Democratic Republic of the Congo.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Boitani, L. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/12349/all Lophuromys cinereus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.