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Genus of rodents
Pelomys Temporal range: Early Pliocene - Recent
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Arvicanthini |
Genus: | Pelomys Peters, 1852 |
Type species | |
Mus (Pelomys) fallax | |
Species | |
Pelomys campanae |
Pelomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa.[1] 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.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1436–1437. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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