Lophuromys verhageni

Lophuromys verhageni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Deomyinae
Genus:	Lophuromys
Species:	L. verhageni
Binomial name
Lophuromys verhageni Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx & Verheyen, 2002

Lophuromys verhageni (Verhagen's brush-furred rat) is a rodent belonging to the genus Lophuromys. It is found between 2600 and 3050 m on Mount Meru in Tanzania. The species is named after Ronald Verhegen for his contributions to the ecology of small mammals of Tanzania.

L. verhageni has a fairly large overall size. It has a large but slender skull with weak supraorbital ridges, and a short tail. The species was split from the species L. flavopunctatus in 2002

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