Lophuromys verhageni
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L. verhageni
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Lophuromys verhageni Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx & Verheyen, 2002
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Lophuromys verhageni (Verhagen's brush-furred rat) is a rodent belonging to the genus Lophuromys. It is found between 2600 and 3050 m on Mount Meru in Tanzania. The species is named after Ronald Verhegen for his contributions to the ecology of small mammals of Tanzania. [1]
L. verhageni has a fairly large overall size. It has a large but slender skull with weak supraorbital ridges, and a short tail.[2] The species was split from the species L. flavopunctatus in 2002[3]
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Data related to Lophuromys verhageni at Wikispecies
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