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Issel's groove-toothed swamp rat

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Issel's groove-toothed swamp rat
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Pelomys
Species: P. isseli
Binomial name
Pelomys isseli
(de Beaux, 1924)

Issel's groove-toothed swamp rat (Pelomys isseli) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Uganda. Its natural habitats are arable land and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Kennerley, R. (2016). "Pelomys isseli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16507A22415874. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16507A22415874.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Aethomys–Chrotomys)
Aethomys
Division
Aethomys
(Bush rats)
Apodemus
Division
Apodemus
(Old world
field mice)
Tokudaia
(Ryukyu spiny rats)
Arvicanthis
Division
Arvicanthis
(Unstriped
grass mice)
Desmomys
Lemniscomys
(Striped
grass mice)
Mylomys
Pelomys
(Groove-toothed
creek rats)
Rhabdomys
Chrotomys
Division
Apomys
Archboldomys
Soricomys
Chrotomys
(Luzon
striped rats)
Rhynchomys
(Shrewlike rats)
See also
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Pelomys isseli


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