Medium-tailed Brush-furred Rat

Medium-tailed Brush-furred Rat
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Lophuromys
Species:	L. medicaudatus
Binomial name
Lophuromys medicaudatus Dieterlen, 1975

The Medium-tailed Brush-furred Rat (Lophuromys medicaudatus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

• Dieterlen, F. 2004. Lophuromys medicaudatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
• Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.