Crested Rat

Lophiomys imhausi Milne-Edwards 1867

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Lophiomys imhausi (Crested rat) is a species of rodent in the family murid rodents. It is found in the Afrotropics. It is a herbivore.

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Afrotropical
Attribution: Udvardy, M. D. F. (1975). A classification of the biogeographical provinces of the world. IUCN Occasional Paper no. 18. Morges, Switzerland: IUCN

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099
Definition: animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material

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EOL has data for 23 attributes, including:

Biogeographic realm
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GAZ_00000071
- Definition: The largest scale biogeographic division of the earth's surface based on the historic and evolutionary distribution patterns of plants and animals.
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the Afrotropics
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Afrotropical
- Attribution: Udvardy, M. D. F. (1975). A classification of the biogeographical provinces of the world. IUCN Occasional Paper no. 18. Morges, Switzerland: IUCN
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ecoregion
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q295469
- Definition: ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a biogeographic realm
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Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Somali_Acacia-Commiphora_bushlands_and_thickets
- Attribution: https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/at0715
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
- Definition: The organism inhabits this environment or ecoregion.
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woodland area
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000109
- Definition: Land having a cover of trees, shrubs, or both.
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primary diet
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PrimaryDiet
- Definition: Type of food comprising the majority of the diet of an animal.
- Attribution: Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109
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leaves of woody plants
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/woodyLeaf
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trophic level
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1053008
- Definition: position of an organism in a food web. May be described verbally with descriptors including primary producer, herbivore or carnivore. If described numerically, 1 indicates a primary producer, 2 a herbivore, and so on up the food web.
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herbivore
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099
- Definition: animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material
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