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Brush-furred mouse
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The brush-furred mice, genus Lophuromys are a group of rodents found in sub-Saharan Africa. They are members of the subfamily Deomyinae, a group only identifiable through molecular analysis. Lophuromys is also known as the brush-furred rats, harsh-furred rats or coarse-haired mice.
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Brush-furred mice | |
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Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat (Lophuromys sikapusi) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Subfamily: | Deomyinae |
Genus: | Lophuromys Peters, 1874 |
Type species | |
Lasiomys afer Temminck, 1853 (= Mus sikapusi Temminck, 1853)[1] | |
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