Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family Muridae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Rodentia Subfamily Deomyinae | |
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Lophuromys dudui (Dudu's brush-furred rat) is a rodent belonging to the genus Lophuromys. It is native to the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, from Kisangani to the eastern mountains of Garamba, Blukwa and Djugu to Irangi .
L. dudui has a short tail and is distinguished by its small skull, short ears and short hindquarters. It was split from the species L. flavopunctatus in 2002.
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