Pelomys

Pelomys Temporal range: Early Pliocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Genus:	Pelomys Peters, 1852
Species
Pelomys campanae Pelomys fallax Pelomys hopkinsi Pelomys isseli Pelomys minor

Pelomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. 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. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.