Lophuromys luteogaster, Hatt, 1934

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 536-884 : 610

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scientific name

Lophuromys luteogaster
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38. View Plate 33: Muridae

Buff-bellied Brush-furred Rat

Lophuromys luteogaster View in CoL

French: Rat-hérissé a ventre fauve / German: Gelbbauch-Biirstenhaarmaus / Spanish: Rata de pelaje de cepillo de vientre pulido

Other common names: Yellow-bellied Brush-furred Rat

Taxonomy. Lophuromys luteogaster Hatt, 1934 View in CoL ,

“Medje, Ituri district, Belgian Congo [= DR Congo].”

Lophuromys luteogaster was classified in the woosnami luteogaster species complex and included in subgenus Kivumys along with L. medicaudus and L. woosnami based on distinct stomach morphology. Tail greater than 85% of head-body length is diagnostic for subgenus Kivumys. Monotypic.

Distribution. NE DR Congo; distributional limits unknown. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 90-113 mm, tail 90-117 mm, ear 16—19 mm, hindfoot 19-23 mm; weight 28-41 g. Dorsum of the Buff-bellied Brush-furred Ratis brown-olive and unspeckled, and venter is uniform pink-cinnamon to buff. Tailis relatively long, c.100% of head-body length. There are three pairs of mammae.

Habitat. [Lowland primary and secondary rainforest with dominant trees of Gilbertiodendron , Julbernardia , and Cynometra (all Fabaceae ) at elevations of 700-1100 m.

Food and Feeding. The Buff-bellied Brush-furred Rat is insectivorous, and 90-100% of stomach contents had grubs, caterpillars, small snails, beetles, and termites.

Breeding. Little is known because of rarity of captures, which have only occurred during dry seasons when some female Buff-bellied Brush-furred Rats were pregnant, each carrying two embryos.

Activity patterns. The Buff-bellied Brush-furred Ratis terrestrial and probably nocturnal.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Buffbellied Brush-furred Rat occurs in various habitats of lowland forests.

Bibliography. Dieterlen (1975, 1976b, 1987 20139), Geider & Kock (1991), Hatt (1934), Monadjem et al. (2015), Schlitter & Robbins (1977), Verheyen et al. (1996), Verschuren et al. (1983).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Lophuromys

Loc

Lophuromys luteogaster

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr 2017
2017
Loc

Lophuromys luteogaster

Hatt 1934
1934
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