Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Yellow-spotted Brush-furred Rat
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,467 meters (0 to 8,094 feet).[1]
Ecology:
It is found in wet, montane
secondary forests
and grassy areas close
to forests. This species is terrestrial
and omnivorous
.[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 4 Grassland
- 4.7 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
()
- Brandt, 1855
- Infraorder:
Myodonta
()
- (Schaub, in Grassé & Dekeyser, 1955) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superfamily:
Muroidea
()
- Illiger, 1811
- Family:
Muridae
()
- (Illiger, 1811) Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Murinae
()
- Genus:
Lophuromys
()
- Peters, 1874
- Specific name:
flavopunctatus
- Thomas, 1888
- Scientific name: - Lophuromys flavopunctatus Thomas, 1888
- Specific name:
flavopunctatus
- Thomas, 1888
- Genus:
Lophuromys
(
- Subfamily:
Murinae
(
- Family:
Muridae
(
- Superfamily:
Muroidea
(
- Infraorder:
Myodonta
(
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Lophuromys aquilus • Lophuromys brunneus • Lophuromys dudui • Lophuromys verhageni • Lophuromys zena
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 02-May-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Lophuromys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. brevicaudus (Short-Tailed Brush-Furred Rat) · L. chrysopus (Ethiopian Forest Brush-Furred Rat) · L. cinereus (Gray Brush-Furred Rat) · L. dieterleni (Dieterlen's Brush-Furred Mouse) · L. flavopunctatus (Yellow-Spotted Brush-Furred Rat) · L. huttereri (Hutterer's Brush-Furred Mouse) · L. luteogaster (Yellow-Bellied Brush-Furred Rat) · L. medicaudatus (Medium-Tailed Brush-Furred Rat) · L. melanonyx (Black-Clawed Brush-Furred Rat) · L. nudicaudus (Fire-Bellied Brush-Furred Rat) · L. rahmi (Rahm's Brush-Furred Rat) · L. roseveari (Mount Cameroon Brush-Furred Rat) · L. sikapusi (Rusty-Bellied Brush-Furred Rat) · L. woosnami (Woosnam's Brush-Furred Rat)
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Further Reading
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- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 101, p. 217, p. 221, p. 332, p. 333, p. 60.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 83 1939 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 588, p. 633, p. 737, p. 762.
- Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 156.
- New and imperfectly known small mammals from Africa, by Wilfred H. Osgood. 20 1936 Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1936. url p. 238.
- The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 305.
- The families and genera of living rodents / by J.R. Ellerman; with a list of named forms (1758-1936) by R.W. Hayman and G.W.C.Holt. London: British Museum, 1941. url p. 263.
- Under the African sun; a description of native races in Uganda, sporting adventures and other experiences, by W. J. Ansorge. New York: Longmans, Green, 1899. url p. 282.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 4, 2012.
- Dieterlen, F. (GMA Africa Workshop) 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Dieterlen, F. 2004. Lophuromys flavopunctatus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Dieterlen. F. 2008. Lophuromys flavopunctatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- BeBIF Provider: African Rodentia
- Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
- Field Museum: Mammal specimens
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
- Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 108410
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-585293
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585293
- IUCN ID: 220437
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 132422
Footnotes
- Mean = 261.570 meters (858.169 feet), Standard Deviation = 2,191.420 based on 578 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Dieterlen. F. 2008. Lophuromys flavopunctatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
