Pelomys
Pelomys Temporal range: Early Pliocene - Recent | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Subfamily: | Murinae |
Genus: | Pelomys Peters, 1852 |
Species | |
Pelomys campanae |
Pelomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species:
- Bell Groove-toothed Swamp Rat (Pelomys campanae)
- Creek Groove-toothed Swamp Rat (Pelomys fallax)
- Hopkins's Groove-toothed Swamp Rat (Pelomys hopkinsi)
- Issel's Groove-toothed Swamp Rat (Pelomys isseli)
- Least Groove-toothed Swamp Rat (Pelomys minor)
References
- 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.