Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
Author
Guy G. Musser
Author
Michael D. Carleton
text
1993
Smithsonian Institution Press
Washington and London
Editor
Don E. Wilson
Editor
DeeAnn M. Reeder
Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)
501
755
book chapter
http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098
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Lophuromys cinereus
Dieterlen and Gelmroth, 1974
.
Z. Säugetierk., 39:338
.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Zaire
, Marais Mukaba, Parc National du Kahuzi-Biega
.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.
COMMENTS: Subgenus
Lophuromys
.
Apparently occurs in swampy areas above
2000
m in
montane regions of central African Rift Valley. The specific status of
cinereus
was questioned by
Dieterlen (1987)
.