Pelomys hopkinsi Hayman, 1955

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 639

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scientific name	Pelomys hopkinsi Hayman, 1955
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Pelomys hopkinsi Hayman, 1955 View in CoL . Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 52:323.

TYPE LOCALITY: SW Uganda, Kigezi, Rwamachuchu .

DISTRIBUTION: Rwanda, Uganda, and SW Kenya (see Bekele and Schütter, 1989).

COMMENTS: Morphologically similar to P. isseli , but significant distinguishing traits suggested that hopkinsi and isseli should be viewed as separate species (Bekele and Schütter, 1989).