Leonid A. Lavrenchenko

Leonid Aleksandrovich Lavrenchenko (b. May 10, 1958), Russian mammalogist.

• A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.

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• 18 taxon names authored by Leonid A. Lavrenchenko

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• Lavrenchenko, L.A., Verheyen, W.N., Verheyen, E., Hulselmans, J. & Leirs, H. 2007. Morphometric and genetic study of Ethiopian Lophuromys flavopunctatus Thomas, 1888 species complex with description of three new 70-chromosomal species (Muridae, Rodentia). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Biologie) 77: 77–117. Reference page. 

• Taylor, P.J., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Carleton, M.D., Verheyen, E., Bennett, N.C., Oosthuizen, C.J. & Maree, S. 2011. Specific limits and emerging diversity patterns in East African populations of laminate-toothed rats, genus Otomys (Muridae: Murinae: Otomyini): Revision of the Otomys typus complex. Zootaxa 3024(1): 1–66. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3024.1.1 Reference page. 

• Lavrenchenko, L.A., Voyta, L.L. & Hutterer, R. 2016. Diversity of shrews in Ethiopia, with the description of two new species of Crocidura (Mammalia: Lipotyphla: Soricidae). Zootaxa 4196(1): 38–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.1.2. Reference page. 

• Lavrenchenko, L.A., Nadjafova, R.S., Bekela, A., Mironova, T.A. & Bryja, J. 2017. Phylogenetic position of a monotypic Ethiopian endemic rodent genus Megadendromus (Rodentia, Nesomyidae). Mammalia 81(1): 71–82. DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2015-0148 Reference page. 

• Šumbera, R., Krásová, J., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Mengistu, S., Bekele, A., Mikula, O. & Bryja, J. 2018. Ethiopian highlands as a cradle of the African fossorial root-rats (genus Tachyoryctes), the genetic evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 126: 105–115. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.003 Reference page. 

• Mizerovská, D., Mikula, O., Meheretu, Y., Bartáková, V., Bryjová, A., Kostin, D.S., Šumbera, R., Lavrenchenko, L.A. & Bryja, J. 2020. Integrative taxonomic revision of the Ethiopian endemic rodent genus Stenocephalemys (Muridae: Murinae: Praomyini) with the description of two new species. Journal of Vertebrate Biology 69(2): 20031. DOI: 10.25225/jvb.20031 Reference page. 

• Krásová, J., Mikula, O., Šumbera, R., Horáková, S., Robovský, J., Kostin, D.S., Martynov, A.A., Lavrenchenko, L.A. & Bryja, J. The Rufous Sengi is not Elephantulus — Multilocus reconstruction of evolutionary history of sengis from the subfamily Macroscelidinae. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59(4): 918–932. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12460 Reference page. 
• Nicolas, V., Mikula, O., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Šumbera, R., Bartáková, V., Bryjová, A., Meheretu, Y., Verheyen, E., Missoup, A.D., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M. & Bryja, J. 2021. Phylogenomics of African radiation of Praomyini (Muridae: Murinae) rodents: First fully resolved phylogeny, evolutionary history and delimitation of extant genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 163: 107263. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107263 Reference page. 
• Voelker, G., Huntley, J.W., Bryja, J., Denys, C., Šumbera, R., Demos, T.C., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Nicolas, V., Gnoske, T.P. & Kerbis Peterhans, J.K. 2021. Molecular systematics and biogeographic history of the African climbing-mouse complex (Dendromus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 161: 107166. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107166 Reference page. 

• Krásová, J., Mikula, O., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Šumbera, R., Meheretu, Y. & Bryja, J. 2022. A new rodent species of the genus Mus (Rodentia: Muridae) confirms the biogeographical uniqueness of the isolated forests of southern Ethiopia. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 22(2): 491–509. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-022-00539-x Reference page. 

• Mulualem, G., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Mikula, O., Bryjová, A., Meheretu, Y. & Bryja, J. 2024. Taxonomic revision and evolutionary history of the climbing mice in eastern Africa (Dendromus mystacalis clade): the role of elevation and geographical barriers in the speciation process. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 24: 573–598. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-024-00659-6 Reference page. 

• Bryja, J., Kerbis Peterhans, J.K., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Nicolas, V., Denys, C., Bryjová, A., Šumbera, R. & Mikula, O. 2024. Integrative taxonomic revision of the African thicket rats (Murinae: Grammomys): how genomics decreases the number of currently recognized species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 206(2): zlae057. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae057 Reference page. 
• Craig, E.W., Bryjová, A., Bryja, J., Meheretu, Y., Lavrenchenko, L.A. & Kerbis Peterhans, J.C. 2025. Integrative taxonomic revision of endemic dwarf shrews from the Ethiopian Highlands. Journal of Vertebrate Biology 74(25031): 25031.1-18. DOI: 10.25225/jvb.25031 Reference page.