Short-tailed brush-furred rat

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| name = Short-tailed brush-furred rat

| status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Verheyen, E. |author2=Lavrenchenko, L. |author3=Dando, T. |date=2020 |title=Lophuromys brevicaudus |volume=2020 |page=e.T45058A22407828 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T45058A22407828.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| taxon= Lophuromys brevicaudus

| authority = Osgood, 1936

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The short-tailed brush-furred rat (Lophuromys brevicaudus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.