Bell Groove-Toothed Swamp Rat
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Bell Groove-Toothed Swamp Rat
| Bell Groove-toothed Swamp Rat | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Pelomys |
| Species: | P. campanae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pelomys campanae (Huet, 1888) |
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The Bell Groove-toothed Swamp Rat (Pelomys campanae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, arable land, and rural gardens.
References
- Dieterlen, F. 2004. Pelomys campanae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
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