Red-bellied brush hair mouse

Red-bellied brush hair mouse
Systematics
Subordination :	Mouse relatives (Myomorpha)
Superfamily :	Mice-like (Muroidea)
Family :	Long-tailed mice (Muridae)
Subfamily :	Deomyinae
Genre :	Brush hair mice ( Lophuromys )
Type :	Red-bellied brush hair mouse
Scientific name
	Lophuromys nudicaudus
	Heller , 1911

The red-bellied brush-haired mouse ( Lophuromys nudicaudus ) is a rodent in the long-tailed mouse family .

features

Characteristic of the species is the bright red fur on the underside, which extends from the throat over the chest to the belly. In some older specimens, the fur on these parts of the body can have a yellowish shade. The top is covered by bristly hairs that are light at the base and brown to reddish brown at the tips. Likewise, the tail is divided into a dark top and a light bottom. In addition, there are some black spines in the fur of the tail. The limbs of the red-bellied brush hair mouse are colored brown. Females have six teats .

This brush hair mouse reaches a head-torso length of 89 to 119 mm, a tail length of 47 to 74 mm and a weight of 29 to 52 g. The hind feet are 16.3 to 21.0 mm long and the length of the ears is 10 to 18 mm.

Distribution and way of life

The distribution area of the red-bellied brush hair mouse is east of the Gulf of Guinea in Africa . It stretches from central Cameroon as well as from the south-western border area of the Central African Republic via Equatorial Guinea (including Bioko ) and Gabon to the Republic of the Congo . The species can be found in the lowlands and in the hill country up to an altitude of 700 meters. Mostly grass-covered clearings in rainforests serve as habitat .

The red-bellied hairbrush mouse is diurnal and mostly hangs out on the floor. In the few specimens examined, the stomach was mainly filled with remains of insects. Two captured females were pregnant with two and three embryos, respectively .

status

There are no known threats to the red-bellied bristle-haired mouse population. The species is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN .

Individual evidence

↑ E. Heller: New species of rodents and carnivores from equatorial Africa. In: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections , Volume 56, Number 17, pp. 1–16, 1911. (digitized)
↑ Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Ed.): Mammal Species of the World . A taxonomic and geographic Reference . 3. Edition. 2 volumes. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 (English, Lophuromys nudicaudus ).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Kingdon, Jonathan (Ed.): Mammals of Africa . A & C Black, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4081-2254-9 , pp. 252-253 (English, Lophuromys nudicaudus ).
↑ ^a ^b Lophuromys nudicaudus in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2016 Posted by: Cassola, F., 2016. Accessed August 14, 2017th

[Heller,_1911-1] E. Heller: New species of rodents and carnivores from equatorial Africa. In: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections , Volume 56, Number 17, pp. 1–16, 1911. (digitized)

[Wilson-2] Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Ed.): Mammal Species of the World . A taxonomic and geographic Reference . 3. Edition. 2 volumes. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 (English, Lophuromys nudicaudus ).

[Kingdon-3] Kingdon, Jonathan (Ed.): Mammals of Africa . A & C Black, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4081-2254-9 , pp. 252-253 (English, Lophuromys nudicaudus ).

[IUCN-4] Lophuromys nudicaudus in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2016 Posted by: Cassola, F., 2016. Accessed August 14, 2017th