Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Muroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Deomyinae
Genus: Lophuromys
Subgenus: Lophuromys (Lophuromys)
Species: Lophuromys aquilus
Name
Lophuromys aquilus (True, 1892: 460)
- Type locality: East Africa, Tanzania, Mt Kilimanjaro, 8000 ft (2650 m; coordinates given by W. Verheyen et al., 2002).
Synonyms
- Mus aquilus True, 1892: 460
- Mus aquilus Lyon and Osgood, 1909.
- Bull. 62, U.S. Nat. Mus., p. 144. January 28.
- Lophuromys zena Dollman, 1909.
- Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 4, p. 550. December. (East side of Aberdare Mts., near Nyeri, British East Africa; type in British Museum.)
- Lophuromys rubecula Dollman, 1909.
- Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 4, p. 551. December. (Elgonyi, Mt. Elgon, British East Africa; type in British Museum.)
- Lophuromys aquilus Roosevelt, 1910.
- African Game Trails. Amer. ed., pp. 472, 477; London ed., pp. 484, 489.
- Lophuromys sp. Cockerell, Miller, and Printz, 1914.
- Zool. Anz., vol. 44, p. 437. June 23.
References
- True, F.W. 1892. An annotated catalogue of the Mammals collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott in the Kilimandjaro region, East Africa. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 15: 445—480.
- Verheyen W., Hulselmans J., Dierckx T., Mulungu L., Leirs H., Corti M. & Verheyen E. 2007: The characterization of the Kilimanjaro Lophuromys aquilus True 1892 population and the description of five new Lophuromys species (Rodentia, Muridae). Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Biologie, 77: 23–75.