What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Rwenzori Brush-furred Rat been recorded?

Lophuromys stanleyi occurrence evidence comes from 924 records in 4 countries and territories, from 1925 to 2016. Most records come from Uganda.

Rwenzori Brush-furred Rat
Rwenzori Brush-furred Rat — Photo (display-sized rendition): A proietti · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
MammaliaRodentiaMuridaeLophuromys

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

924 records across 4 countries and territories, 1925–2016.

Lophuromys stanleyi · GBIF taxon key 10711886

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: March.

9 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19252016

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Rwenzori Brush-furred Rat has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Rwenzori Brush-furred Rat. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Uganda 820
South Sudan 88
Tanzania 13
Kenya 3

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.