Lophuromys (Lophuromys) angolensis W. Verheyen, Dierckx, and Hulselmans 2000

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1203

Lophuromys (Lophuromys) angolensis W. Verheyen, Dierckx, and Hulselmans 2000

Lophuromys (Lophuromys) angolensis W. Verheyen, Dierckx, and Hulselmans 2000 , Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg., Biol., 70: 255.

Type Locality: SW Dem. Rep. Congo, Mbwambala, 500 m (W. Verheyen et al., 2000, provided additional data).

Vernacular Names: Angolan Brush-furred Rat.

Distribution: Lowland tropical evergreen rain forest and mountain forest (disturbed and highly disturbed secondary and primary formations) along rim of C rainforest block in SW Dem. Rep. Congo (500 m), and W highlands of Angola (1000-2600 m); see W. Verheyen et al. (2000).

Discussion: Subgenus Lophuromys , L. sikapusi species group (W. Verheyen et al., 2000). W. Verheyen et al. (2000) documented significant morphometric differences between L. angolensis and samples of L. sikapusi and L. ansorgei as revealed by univariate and multivariate analyses, but noted the lack of qualitative morphological distinctions between L. angolensis and the other two. Reviewed by Crawford-Cabral (1998) as L. sikapusi .