Hopkins's Groove-Toothed Swamp Rat

Hopkins's Groove-toothed Swamp Rat
Conservation status
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 family Muridae. It is found in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, possibly Burundi, and possibly Tanzania. Its natural habitat is swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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