Pelomys

Pelomys
Temporal range: Early Pliocene - Recent
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Arvicanthini
Genus: Pelomys
Peters, 1852
Type species
Mus (Pelomys) fallax
Species

Pelomys campanae
Pelomys fallax
Pelomys hopkinsi
Pelomys isseli
Pelomys minor

Pelomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Africa.[1] It contains the following species:

  1. ^ 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. 1436–1437. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.