Lophuromys rita is a rodent recorded from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. A forest-block survey near Kisangani detected it at study sites on the left bank of the Congo River.
The back is reddish brown, finely speckled with pale pinkish buff. The underside is described as cinnamon-grey.
A trapping study of forest blocks near Kisangani detected L. rita only at sites on the left bank of the Congo River.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.