Hopkins's Groove-Toothed Swamp Rat

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Hopkins's Groove-toothed Swamp Rat
Conservation status
Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Pelomys Species: P. hopkinsi
Binomial name
Pelomys hopkinsi Hayman, 1955

The Hopkins's Groove-toothed Swamp Rat (Pelomys hopkinsi) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, possibly Burundi, and possibly Tanzania. Its natural habitat is swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

• Dieterlen, F. & Boitani, L. 2004. Pelomys hopkinsi. 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.