Hopkins Pelomys
Pelomys hopkinsi Hayman, 1955
Also calledHopkins-Furchenzahn-Bachratte (deu) · Pélomys de Hopkins (fra) · Rat à fourrure de Hopkins (fra) · krysa Hopkinsova (ces) · moczarek błotny (pol) · ugandanpurorotta (fin) · Ручьевая крыса Хопкинса (rus) · ホプキンズクリークネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. vol.52 p.323
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.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Morphologically similar to P. isseli, but significant distinguishing traits suggest that hopkinsi and isseli should be viewed as separate species (Bekele and Schlitter, 1989).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Rwanda, Uganda, and SW Kenya (Bekele and Schlitter, 1989).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Morphologically similar to P. isseli, but significant distinguishing traits suggested that hopkinsi and isseli should be viewed as separate species (Bekele and Schütter, 1989).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Rwanda, Uganda, and SW Kenya (see Bekele and Schütter, 1989).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438686.