Pictures and facts about the Brush-furred rats

yellow-spotted brush-furred rat
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Brush-furred rats

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Genus : Lophuromys

Facts about the genus Lophuromys, the brush-furred rats

Lophuromys flavopunctatus – Eastern Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys is a very distinctive rodent with a deep red dorsal fur and orange belly. (Full text)

The resolution from the total data is predictably weak; Lophuromys is the outgroup and only 58% MP and 73% ML bootstrap (but 0. (Full text)