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Hopkin's Creek Rat

Pelomys hopkinsi

Hopkins's groove-toothed swamp rat (Pelomys hopkinsi Hayman, 1955) 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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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45138.