Hopkins's groove-toothed swamp rat
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.
| Hopkins's groove-toothed swamp rat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Pelomys |
| Species: | P. hopkinsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pelomys hopkinsi Hayman, 1955 | |
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
- 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.
- Beolens, Bo, Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson. 2009. The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Moreau R.E., G.H.E. Hopkins, and R.W. Hayman. 1946. The type-localities of some African mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1946:387-447.
- Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 1973. Royal Entomological Society of London. . Downloaded 30 June 2012.
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