Verhagen's brush-furred rat (''Lophuromys verhageni'') is a

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...

belonging to the genus '' Lophuromys''. It is found between 2600 and 3050 m on Mount Meru in

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

. The species is named after Ronald Verhegen for his contributions to the ecology of small mammals of Tanzania. It has a fairly large overall size. It has a large but slender skull with weak supraorbital ridges, and a short tail. The species was split from the species L. flavopunctatus in 2002

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Lophuromys Mammals described in 2002 {{Lophuromys-stub