Lophuromys chercherensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Deomyinae
Genus: Lophuromys
Subgenus: Lophuromys (Lophuromys)
Species:

Lophuromys chercherensis Lavrenchenko, Verheyen, Verheyen, Hulselmans & Leirs, 2007: 102

Holotype: ZMMU S-168902, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Leonid A. Lavrenchenko on 24 September 2000.
Type locality: “montane forest between Hirna and Deder (09°19'43"N 41°15'53"E, 2700 m ASL), Chercher Mountains, Eastern Ethiopia”.

Lavrenchenko, L.A., Verheyen, W.N., Verheyen, E., Hulselmans, J. & Leirs, H. 2007. Morphometric and genetic study of Ethiopian Lophuromys flavopunctatus Thomas, 1888 species complex with description of three new 70-chromosomal species (Muridae, Rodentia). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Biologie) 77: 77–117. Reference page.