Dieterlen's brush-furred mouse
| Dieterlen's brush-furred mouse | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Lophuromys |
| Species: | L. dieterleni
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophuromys dieterleni Verheyen, Huselmans, Colyn & Hutterer, 1997
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Dieterlen's brush-furred mouse, Mt Oku brush-furred mouse, or Mount Oku brush-furred rat (Lophuromys dieterleni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Mount Oku, Cameroon. Its natural habitat is montane forest at elevations above 2,000 m (6,600 ft).