Sabuni's Brush-furred Rat

Sabuni's Brush-furred RatA speckled brush-furred rat known from the Ufipa Plateau in southwestern Tanzania. Its tail is about half the head-and-body length, and records come from montane forest edges, shrubs, and farmland.What does it look like?The coat is speckled and the tail is about 50–60% of head-and-body length. It resembles the related Lophuromys flavopunctatus externally.How does it live?A speckled brush-furred rat known from the Ufipa Plateau in southwestern Tanzania. Its tail is about half the head-and-body length, and records come from montane forest edges, shrubs, and farmland.Records on the Ufipa Plateau come from mountain forest edges, shrubby vegetation and agricultural plots at about 1,750 m.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.