Issel's groove-toothed swamp rat

Issel's groove-toothed swamp rat
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
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

Dieterlen, F., Schlitter, D. & Kerbis Peterhans, J. 2004. Pelomys isseli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded 19 July 2007.
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.

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