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Pelomys
Sign in to savePelomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa. 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)
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyMuridae
溝齒澤鼠屬（Pelomys），哺乳綱、囓齒目、鼠科的一屬，而與溝齒澤鼠屬（溝齒澤鼠）同科的動物尚有雲鼠屬（雲鼠）、猴足鼠屬（猴足鼠）、弗洛雷斯長鼻鼠屬（弗洛雷斯長鼻鼠）、酋家鼠屬（酋家鼠）等之數種哺乳動物。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 69
- With media
- 20
- Family
- Muridae
- Collections
- USNM, AMNH, FMNH, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Congo, Democratic Rep. Of, Kenya, Chad, Tanzania, Uganda, Dr Congo, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Malawi
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- taxon name
- Pelomys
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- Category:Pelomys
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Pelomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa. 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==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pelomys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.