Yellow-spotted Brush-furred Rat
- Yellow-spotted Brush-furred Rat
Taxobox
name = Yellow-spotted Brush-furred Rat
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Lophuromys"
species = "L. flavopunctatus"
binomial = "Lophuromys flavopunctatus"
binomial_authority = Thomas, 1888
synonyms = The Yellow-spotted Brush-furred Rat ("Lophuromys flavopunctatus") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It it found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania, and Zambia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
References
* Dieterlen, F. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/12353/all Lophuromys flavopunctatus] . [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.
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