Bell Groove-Toothed Swamp Rat

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Bell Groove-toothed Swamp Rat
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Pelomys Species: P. campanae
Binomial name
Pelomys campanae (Huet, 1888)

The Bell Groove-toothed Swamp Rat (Pelomys campanae) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, arable land, and rural gardens.

[edit] References

• Dieterlen, F. 2004. Pelomys campanae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.