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True 1892
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<emphasis id="E5FF4AF3ABD636E449915367E740644F" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">Lophuromys (Lophuromys) aquilus</emphasis>
True 1892
</taxonomicName>
,
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Proc.
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Natl.
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., 15: 460
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.
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<emphasis id="8A29985A51ABF11E61CA4FC2D385C130" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1202">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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East Africa,
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, Mt
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,
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(
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; coordinates given by W.
<bibRefCitation id="3D363E303D242124AF1E2CE1F463BA2F" author="Verheyen, W. &amp; J. L. J. Hulselmans &amp; T. Dierckx &amp; E. Verheyen" refId="ref370511" refString="Verheyen, W., J. L. J. Hulselmans, T. Dierckx, and E. Verheyen. 2002. The Lophuromys flavopunctatus Thomas 1888 species complex: A craniometric study, with the description and genetic characterization of two new species (Rodentia-Muridae-Africa). Bulletin de L'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie, 72: 141 - 182." year="2002">Verheyen et al., 2002</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="2B9D37A8F148174EF9E49067BB596FD4" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1202">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="4A5C8DF4AAC16CC269B8424646B362F4" language="eng" pageNumber="1202">Dark-colored Brush-furred Rat</vernacularName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1A5FBDB3F815E4A1BEB085D286F75438" pageNumber="1202">
<emphasis id="D97151A1EA91FD29F39584A6460F15EE" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1202">Synonyms:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="CCEE46D364B9DF31825372186559C3AF" authority="Dieterlen and Gelmroth 1974" authorityName="Dieterlen and Gelmroth" authorityYear="1974" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1202" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cinereus" subGenus="Lophuromys">
<emphasis id="0967F624BE31EDF2854A881C19468DEF" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">Lophuromys (Lophuromys) cinereus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="6EDF5DE9A099E7051DC15431E04D2740" author="Dieterlen, F. &amp; K. G. Gelmroth" refId="ref84739" refString="Dieterlen, F., and K. G. Gelmroth. 1974. Eine weitere burstenhaarmaus aus dem Kivugebiet: Lophuromys cinereus spec. nov. (Muridae, Rodentia). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 39: 337 - 342." year="1974">Dieterlen and Gelmroth 1974</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="1DAC09F4B0F64C510B3E3344E4F27B52" authority="Thomas and Wroughton 1907" authorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" authorityYear="1907" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1202" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laticeps" subGenus="Lophuromys">
<emphasis id="6553A092E31B794965AEC127836F9499" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">Lophuromys (Lophuromys) laticeps</emphasis>
Thomas and Wroughton 1907
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="B8ACA3B36AD4B8307C6CE48EEE642D4A" authority="Thomas and Wroughton 1907" authorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" authorityYear="1907" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1202" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="major" subGenus="Lophuromys">
<emphasis id="89EF541017E35D09454FD5DBA630C520" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">Lophuromys (Lophuromys) major</emphasis>
Thomas and Wroughton 1907
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="3144A6BD5B4C86835CF7E0C9FE473A0A" authority="Heller 1912" authorityName="Heller" authorityYear="1912" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1202" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="margarettae" subGenus="Lophuromys">
<emphasis id="CE1EFC7930160668DDD1E4B0D1B6C32F" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">Lophuromys (Lophuromys) margarettae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="0C43CF26AB755344EC7D7E9CE38F974E" author="Heller, E." refId="ref146421" refString="Heller, E. 1912. New rodents from British East Africa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 59: 1 - 20." year="1912">Heller 1912</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4D4DAE43BCBA95E75D33A5A3F2D07880" authority="Dollman 1910" authorityName="Dollman" authorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1202" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rita" subGenus="Lophuromys">
<emphasis id="DDF17BD1C1E3C107F08970210623F924" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">Lophuromys (Lophuromys) rita</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="B0C64A34FFF93AFAA04FF2938BF85FA5" author="Dollman, G." refId="ref87495" refString="Dollman, G. 1910. Two new African mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 6: 226 - 230." year="1910">Dollman 1910</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="EC80116064DCED06A4BA1A5C2C818051" authority="Dollman 1909" authorityName="Dollman" authorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1202" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rubecula" subGenus="Lophuromys">
<emphasis id="5B694432D92C09996320A9F8EC9C9F25" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">Lophuromys (Lophuromys) rubecula</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="6E78AEA9C3AA9D62F0E25D77B057856B" author="Dollman, G." refId="ref87465" refString="Dollman, G. 1909. New mammals from British East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 4: 39 - 553." year="1909">Dollman 1909</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7E07832ED0FD1113032F73567903E7FF" pageNumber="1202">
<emphasis id="37E309516665D78A083019B123068631" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1202">Distribution:</emphasis>
Lowland and montane habitats from NE
<collectingCountry id="E4917820DD2EC1D9A9EE06CE2A98B20D" name="Angola">Angola</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6316A8E3858D96A3B9FDAF10651E36B1" author="Crawford-Cabral, J." refId="ref70924" refString="Crawford-Cabral, J. 1998. The Angolan rodents of the superfamily Muroidea: An account of their distribution. Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, Estudos, Ensaios e Documentos, 161: 223 pp." year="1998">Crawford-Cabral, 1998</bibRefCitation>
) throughout the Dem. Rep.
<collectingCountry id="2519D6D40E93498FB73610A664F7C664" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="3977BAA404470940706C205E14BF8B0B" name="Rwanda">Rwanda</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="9D3F50D5F31E358F351B6CB2822D431D" author="Corti, M. &amp; C. Di Giuliomaria &amp; W. Verheyen" refId="ref68737" refString="Corti, M., C. Di Giuliomaria, and W. Verheyen. 2000. Three-dimensional geometric morphometrics of the African genus Lophuromys (Rodentia Muridae). Hystrix, n. s., 11 (1): 145 - 154." year="2000">Corti et al., 2000</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="20EB18B6FE7063FCE978535BE04BC5A7" author="Monfort, A." refId="ref245336" refString="Monfort, A. 1992. Premiere liste commentee des mammiferes du Rwanda. Journal of African Zoology, 106 (2): 141 - 151." year="1992">Monfort, 1992</bibRefCitation>
) and
<collectingCountry id="9C78213C9F037E5D9B25CFD0EE1E1E06" name="Burundi">Burundi</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EA76CD90420E8ED694E1FF58030741DB" author="Maddalena, T. &amp; E. Van der Straeten &amp; L. Ntahuga &amp; A. Sparti" refId="ref221220" refString="Maddalena, T., E. Van der Straeten, L. Ntahuga, and A. Sparti. 1989. Nouvelles donnees et caryotypes des rongeurs du Burundi. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 96: 939 - 948." year="1989">Maddalena et al., 1989</bibRefCitation>
) to
<collectingCountry id="6F908E4C23243421394CB96B91AD301C" name="Uganda">Uganda</collectingCountry>
(Delaney, 1975),
<collectingCountry id="49671C88ADE9A2ED10A5EEFCE59DB881" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="A7D1FED1A17F9FFF6C1AD73AFA0870A1" author="Hollister, N." refId="ref157105" refString="Hollister, N. 1919. East African mammals in the United States National Museum. Part II. Rodentia, Lagomorpha, and Tubulidentata. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 99 (2): 1 - 184." year="1919">Hollister, 1919</bibRefCitation>
; except montane habitats on Aberdare Range and Mt
<collectingCountry id="8111478736D5A18E63C9858CA82ECAE3" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
; see account of
<taxonomicName id="21588829D548EBF74384FFD1495D829C" authorityName="Dollman" authorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zena">
<emphasis id="EA18239EB463BD82B9EFA668A55070E5" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. zena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and south through
<collectingCountry id="4A9E9CAC8126FBA1A859DD10BB84DCB1" name="Tanzania">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
(Swinnerton and Hayman, 1951; except Mt Meru; see account of
<taxonomicName id="772B8179CB2097DFC2FB7E7C5433169F" authorityName="W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, and E. Verheyen" authorityYear="2002" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verhageni">
<emphasis id="C7463EF3F0F1E2F32DEF49548EBA727E" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. verhageni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) to
<collectingCountry id="39C95C823B732DA10A5299FCE912C7B5" name="Malawi">Malawi</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="7FB0DD405F90298D75B8A71DE311D980" author="Ansell, W. F. H. &amp; R. J. Dowsett" refId="ref11419" refString="Ansell, W. F. H., and R. J. Dowsett. 1988. Mammals of Malawi: An annotated check list and atlas. Trendrine Press, Zennor, St. Ives, United Kingdom, 170 pp." year="1988">Ansell and Dowsett, 1988</bibRefCitation>
), N
<collectingCountry id="C7DA19386DE31C4ED8AF3E00A11DC163" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="A6C0851125D3571D6EA7309B9C341ED9" author="Ansell, W. F. H." refId="ref11178" refString="Ansell, W. F. H. 1978. The mammals of Zambia. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Chilanga, 126 pp." year="1978">Ansell, 1978</bibRefCitation>
), and NE
<collectingCountry id="4A0D8A1E4195DA628BD9EC7889244F6B" name="Mozambique">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
(Smithers and Lobão Tello, 1976); recorded as either
<taxonomicName id="4A236B9BFF14E72171DB140329CB5A18" authorityName="True" authorityYear="1892" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aquilus">
<emphasis id="38C62AECC7A9B56238E07ED8F78F50F6" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. aquilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or
<taxonomicName id="374D1A2D71A29D04A33F3EF4CE87E11D" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1888" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flavopunctatus">
<emphasis id="5BC104B12C7A2B8C4A6D3FD960B4E8E6" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. flavopunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in faunal accounts.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="E9F136CE1AFE4298687835E9C38165A6" pageNumber="1202" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="D0A2124F444D9634E3765082D0768956" pageNumber="1202">
<emphasis id="B8C82075477019F521DB274D58E4B8EB" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1202">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="A642098F55F47A65E1FCFF60CA40F96D">IUCN</collectionCode>
Data Deficient as
<taxonomicName id="600973E3CD57D9A3E0DEB5FF6FC0214B" authorityName="Dieterlen and Gelmroth" authorityYear="1974" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cinereus">
<emphasis id="8B300FC0B2D48FC4ECCD4CC06630299D" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. cinereus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="8C2B0A2EB7615455FC8C13AD8F5A1E4B" pageNumber="1202" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="024455E028147FD41F435171B3D99CB9" pageNumber="1202">
<emphasis id="7BC75C801B4A264F392F55E760FC63B5" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1202">Discussion:</emphasis>
<paragraph id="AF37992A4507B8948958A958CD703484" pageNumber="1202">
Subgenus
<taxonomicName id="F7AED7AE34FEFD70863CD72F7F8E325A" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1874" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A30377AEEBF3237612441FFB8487B335" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">Lophuromys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B77F7DF6190B4DBBDB1EF8C41700ECBC" authorityName="True" authorityYear="1892" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aquilus">
<emphasis id="4105E35B2CE050BDC25A79C891643AAA" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. aquilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group (W.
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). Described as a species, which was recognized in early checklists (G. M.
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;
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<emphasis id="BAA71EC01B031A33FBEC14B238360279" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">d</emphasis>
), but subsequently included in
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<emphasis id="2ABA810A2D379490690C2E831215DDFB" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. flavopunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="BAC9CC9809338C328AB1274DDE549B80" author="Misonne, X." refId="ref243324" refString="Misonne, X. 1974. Order Rodentia. Part 6. Pp. 1 - 39, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.). [issued 10 Sep 1974]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated." year="1974">Misonne, 1974</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4CAF5935C606AF82E92D518568493C81" author="Musser, G. G. &amp; M. D. Carleton" refId="ref252333" refString="Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501 - 755, in: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., xviii + 1206 pp." year="1993">Musser and Carleton, 1993</bibRefCitation>
). Analyses of morphometric traits and mtDNA cytochrome
<emphasis id="B24CE0EC52FDD5329BB2D2F6AE37AD26" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">b</emphasis>
sequences by W.
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demonstrated the conspecificity of the synonyms with
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<emphasis id="E623C836FE0DFAEDD6D0D9C9B185510A" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. aquilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and definition of the species relative to others in the
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<emphasis id="C28E0688679B4F5E815547DDCBD09709" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. flavopunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex of species. Geographic samples of
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<emphasis id="83C4DCCC5AC0CB7D3051FDA2C0281728" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. aquilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
form a monophyletic clade most closely related to a clade containing the Ethiopian
<taxonomicName id="D37B209E159155DB79A8812A2FD029EE" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1906" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brunneus">
<emphasis id="B102C65ED7912777E999DC692C1C7314" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. brunneus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="6110D813F4DDE2EF3CB97355AFD7BCAC" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. chrysopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and Kenyan
<taxonomicName id="7E9F32703CCFF767306E18A37D12C10A" authorityName="Dollman" authorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zena">
<emphasis id="3EF2C87D80AC603B1416D40097710C37" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. zena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, both clusters considered to be members of the
<taxonomicName id="2A91487B9341EE5CA3A32EFA1D338563" authorityName="True" authorityYear="1892" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aquilus">
<emphasis id="1DE3F81F01D64249AC66661B2BE57793" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. aquilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group (W.
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).
<bibRefCitation id="6C01279CF95DD62553999513EEC4610D" author="Maddalena, T. &amp; E. Van der Straeten &amp; L. Ntahuga &amp; A. Sparti" refId="ref221220" refString="Maddalena, T., E. Van der Straeten, L. Ntahuga, and A. Sparti. 1989. Nouvelles donnees et caryotypes des rongeurs du Burundi. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 96: 939 - 948." year="1989">Maddalena et al. (1989)</bibRefCitation>
reported chromosomal data for
<collectingCountry id="5E101F611E1B34DAF2892E5F8219FB76" name="Burundi">Burundi</collectingCountry>
sample. Three-dimensional geometric morphometrics was used by
<bibRefCitation id="422DB238BDD6E0774FE6C169EB915412" author="Corti, M. &amp; C. Di Giuliomaria &amp; W. Verheyen" refId="ref68737" refString="Corti, M., C. Di Giuliomaria, and W. Verheyen. 2000. Three-dimensional geometric morphometrics of the African genus Lophuromys (Rodentia Muridae). Hystrix, n. s., 11 (1): 145 - 154." year="2000">Corti et al. (2000)</bibRefCitation>
to look at patterns of growth and cranial size and shape in
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<emphasis id="FBDB3B7CE766BA21F5167091606FAD05" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. aquilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(reported as
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<emphasis id="2A46BC26E49E5650B82095FBA7626D73" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">flavopunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) compared with
<taxonomicName id="C6BE5580ED6802524679574CC2E1DBCC" baseAuthorityName="Temminck" baseAuthorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sikapusi">
<emphasis id="F4AD0136B2C733A64C6EB16F57A70334" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. sikapusi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="2AFC92EC9DDA89093DDEF515D22BACE6" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1906" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="woosnami">
<emphasis id="857112DAB426240241DA57E732749BC2" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. woosnami</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Stanley et al. (2000) documented specimens from the Eastern Arc Mtns of
<collectingCountry id="326B5C521432CB46361878C62DC92915" name="Tanzania">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
. Altitudinal distribution on Ugandan slopes of Ruwenzori Mtns reviewed by
<bibRefCitation id="E2CE61DDD85A0001657EC201106CEBE3" author="Kerbis Peterhans, J. C. &amp; R. M. Kityo &amp; W. T. Stanley &amp; P. K. Austin" refId="ref183006" refString="Kerbis Peterhans, J. C., R. M. Kityo, W. T. Stanley, and P. K. Austin. 1998. Small mammals along an elevational gradient in Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Uganda. Pp. 149 - 171, in The Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Uganda. Exploration, environment and biology. Conservation, management and community relations (H. Osmaston, J. Tukahirwa, C. Basalirwa, and J. Nyakaana, eds.). Department of Geography, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 395 pp." year="1998">Kerbis Peterhans et al. (1998)</bibRefCitation>
in context of surveying small mammal distributions in those highlands (but samples from Ruwenzori Mtns are apparently a separate species in the
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<emphasis id="F8D8B7EC3DBF7D356A5BC1E546F21BEC" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. aquilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group; W.
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). Habitat and altitudinal distribution on Ugandan slopes of Mt Elgon recorded by
<bibRefCitation id="DD10858AA4BF9F97E0117662E2008842" author="Clausnitzer, V. &amp; R. Kityo" refId="ref62753" refString="Clausnitzer, V., and R. Kityo. 2001. Altitudinal distribution of rodents (Muridae and Gliridae) on Mt. Elgon, Uganda. Tropical Zoology, 14: 95 - 118." year="2001">Clausnitzer and Kityo (2001)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="F7EA56DA055D719B95E29EC5D593C6FE" author="Clausnitzer, V. &amp; S. Churchfield &amp; R. Hutterer" refId="ref62790" refString="Clausnitzer, V., S. Churchfield, and R. Hutterer. 2003. Habitat occurrence and feeding ecology of Crocidura montis and Lophuromys flavopunctatus on Mt. Elgon, Uganda. African Journal of Ecology, 41: 1 - 8." year="2003">Clausnitzer et al. (2003</bibRefCitation>
; both as
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<emphasis id="8716FFA59FC5C721DFF20800A7E09F6D" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. flavopunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6E0FA4EE5ED86D9D2B696C79256755EB" pageNumber="1202">
The
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of
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<emphasis id="CBED5BE97279EFD67BF8E31983B0D8CE" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">rubecula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is from the Kenyan slopes of Mt Elgon. In the morphometric analysis by W.
<bibRefCitation id="46352E4EB1B6902E968A2AB6A80B1A43" author="Verheyen, W. &amp; J. L. J. Hulselmans &amp; T. Dierckx &amp; E. Verheyen" refId="ref370511" refString="Verheyen, W., J. L. J. Hulselmans, T. Dierckx, and E. Verheyen. 2002. The Lophuromys flavopunctatus Thomas 1888 species complex: A craniometric study, with the description and genetic characterization of two new species (Rodentia-Muridae-Africa). Bulletin de L'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie, 72: 141 - 182." year="2002">Verheyen et al. (2002)</bibRefCitation>
, it clusters with
<typeStatus id="85E4383B8FEEC3123E001E9A58DE7E7B">holotypes</typeStatus>
of the Ethiopian
<taxonomicName id="2346FDBDAD03293D3A83292833CF1BF1" authorityName="Osgood" authorityYear="1936" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chrysopus">
<emphasis id="EBDCC5A7C74CC41DF45A27E374F1667F" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. chrysopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<taxonomicName id="DC0BAA6D399186B5189F3E9C7BBE7FC9" authorityName="W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Colyn, and Hutterer" authorityYear="1997" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dieterleni">
<emphasis id="9E80992BB6154C696DF57C67F3FEA8E8" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. dieterleni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="2B3AC0BB47D85BF7B8ABDFE12B2B461F" authorityName="Dieterlen" authorityYear="1978" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="eisentrauti">
<emphasis id="17EF8C2B9A88C502B70E92BA7A93CE54" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. eisentrauti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, suggesting close affinity; however, the rest of their sample from Mt Elgon bunches with those identified as
<taxonomicName id="D8A8A483D70CE50408B96E924B284CB6" authorityName="True" authorityYear="1892" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aquilus">
<emphasis id="7547A93537530C083D3B4468F4E8C502" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. aquilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="59145AD086CAD0A775B035CD99BE2D31" author="Dieterlen, F. &amp; K. G. Gelmroth" refId="ref84739" refString="Dieterlen, F., and K. G. Gelmroth. 1974. Eine weitere burstenhaarmaus aus dem Kivugebiet: Lophuromys cinereus spec. nov. (Muridae, Rodentia). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 39: 337 - 342." year="1974">Dieterlen and Gelmroth (1974)</bibRefCitation>
described
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<emphasis id="7C370C2A1F097DDF497A72D742455B12" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. cinereus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Marais Mukaba in Parc National du Kahuzi-Biega (Dem. Rep.
<collectingCountry id="C120DF0B4FDE604859E321F55D45A076" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
), which was recorded only from the type locality. It is morphologically closely similar to what they called
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<emphasis id="5EFC7129EBC1E7A76FB6D5FE889FDD91" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. flavopunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and possibly only a gray morph of that species: &quot;Es ist nicht auszuschließen, daß die vier als
<taxonomicName id="7F263D316C77F844FC3590A74F45636D" authorityName="Dieterlen and Gelmroth" authorityYear="1974" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cinereus">
<emphasis id="4FBC9D67A9A1BE5097938D649F7C92D5" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">Lophuromys cinereus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
beschriebenen Stücke graue Farbmutanten von
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<emphasis id="76396C8E7A9D5DEE10C2FEBC5CA21575" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. flavopunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sind&quot; (
<bibRefCitation id="8C49BA8C2C491179F59FDFA0D357C457" author="Dieterlen, F." refId="ref84683" refString="Dieterlen, F. 1987. Neue Erkenntnisse uber afrikanische Burstenhaarmause, Gattung Lophuromys (Muridae; Rodentia). Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 38: 183 - 194." year="1987">Dieterlen, 1987:188</bibRefCitation>
). Identity of the
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of
<taxonomicName id="58E18944550398035EB160F93A53688E" authorityName="Dieterlen and Gelmroth" authorityYear="1974" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cinereus">
<emphasis id="6B3E389924231258794BECA89B542674" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">cinereus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
<taxonomicName id="5125E7FFB7A3CF7454ED539875CFC5C7" authorityName="True" authorityYear="1892" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lophuromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aquilus">
<emphasis id="B556654BE98B0F44D881B7696D1A068C" italics="true" pageNumber="1202">L. aquilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was confirmed by W.
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</paragraph>
.
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