Medium-tailed brush-furred rat

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| name= Medium-tailed brush-furred rat

| status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1

| taxon = Lophuromys medicaudatus

| authority = Dieterlen, 1975

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|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Kennerley, R. |date=2016 |title=Lophuromys medicaudatus |volume=2016 |page=e.T12350A22408558 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T12350A22408558.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

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The medium-tailed brush-furred rat (Lophuromys medicaudatus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It has been recorded from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. It lives in rainforest and swamps. It is a rare species which is threatened by habitat loss.