Hopkins's_groove-toothed_swamp_rat

Hopkins's groove-toothed swamp rat

Hopkins's groove-toothed swamp rat

Species of rodent

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. Its natural habitat is swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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The rat was described by Robert William Hayman in 1955. It is named after the entomologist, George Henry Evans Hopkins, O.B.E., M.A., F.R.E.S. (1898-1973), who lived and worked in Uganda for many years, and was noted for his researches on three groups of insects: lice, fleas and mosquitoes. Hopkins had collaborated with Hayman and Reginald Ernest Moreau in the publication of “The type-localities of some African mammals” in The Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London in 1946.

References

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    Gerrie, R.; Kennerley, R. (2016). "Pelomys hopkinsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16506A22415773. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16506A22415773.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.


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