Lophuromys (Lophuromys) eisentrauti Dieterlen 1978

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1205

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Lophuromys (Lophuromys) eisentrauti Dieterlen 1978
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Lophuromys (Lophuromys) eisentrauti Dieterlen 1978 View in CoL

Lophuromys (Lophuromys) eisentrauti Dieterlen 1978 View in CoL , Bonn. Zool. Beitr., Vol. 29: 296.

Type Locality: West Cameroon, Bamenda-Banso highlands, Mt Lefo, 2550 m ( Hutterer et al., 1992 a; W. Verheyen et al., 1997) .

Vernacular Names: Mount Lefo Brush-furred Rat.

Distribution: An isolated patch of montane forest on Mt Lefo and so far recorded only from the type locality.

Discussion: Subgenus Lophuromys , L. aquilus species group (W. Verheyen et al., 2000). Dieterlen (1979 b) described eisentrauti as a subspecies of L. sikapusi but Hutterer et al. (1992 a) were so impressed by the small body size of eisentrauti ("a dwarf form") relative to that of L. sikapusi from the surrounding region that they raised it to the rank of species. A morphometric revision of Lophuromys from the mountain forest archipelago of W Cameroon and SE Nigeria corroborated the specific status of eisentrauti and identified L. dieterleni , endemic to nearby Mt Oku in the Gotel Mtns, as its closest phylogenetic relative (W. Verheyen et al., 1997). See account of L. dieterleni .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Lophuromys

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Lophuromys (Lophuromys) eisentrauti Dieterlen 1978

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Lophuromys (Lophuromys) eisentrauti

Dieterlen 1978: 296
1978
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