Medium-tailed brush-furred rat

The medium-tailed brush-furred rat, Lophuromys medicaudatus, is a rodent in the family Muridae and a member of the brush-furred rats of the genus Lophuromys. It has been recorded from three countries of Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. Its habitat is rainforest and swamps, and it is described as a rare species that is threatened by habitat loss. The sources read for this entry say little about its appearance, diet or behaviour, so the entry records only what they state: the identity of the species, the three countries where it has been found, the forest and swamp habitats that it uses, and the pressure that the loss of that habitat puts on a species that is already uncommon. The taxonomic reference cited for the group is the Mammal Species of the World treatment of the superfamily Muroidea by Musser and Carleton.