Fire-bellied Brush-furred Rat – Lophuromys nudicaudus

Lophuromys nudicaudusHeller, 1911

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Subgenus Lophuromys. Most closely related to L. huttereri from the left side of the Congo River in N Dem. Rep. Congo (W. Verheyen et al., 1996a). Included in L. sikapusi by Misonne (1974), but is a distinct species; L. sikapusi and L. nudicaudus occur together in the same region in W Africa. Rosevear (1969) discussed traits distinguishing the two species and the taxonomic history of samples in West Africa. W. Verheyen et al. (1996a) summarized taxonomic history of the two species (and allocations of the taxa associated with them), and morphological and morphometric analyses that distinguish them. Dieterlen (1978b) explained why naso is a synonym. Eisentraut (1965) described parvulus as a subspecies of L. sikapusi but Rosevear (1969) included it in L. nudicaudus. W. Verheyen et al. (1996a) endorsed the synonymy of naso with L. nudicaudus and synonymized parvulus with <i... [truncated]

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