Kingdom Animalia Family Muridae Scientific name Nilopegamys plumbeus Rank Species | Class Mammalia Subfamily Murinae Phylum Chordata Order Rodent | |
Genus Nilopegamys
Osgood, 1928 Similar Sommer's Sulawesi, Zelotomys, Rodent, Ohiya rat, Crunomys | ||
The Ethiopian amphibious rat or Ethiopian water mouse (Nilopegamys plumbeus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Nilopegamys. It is found only in the highlands of northwestern Ethiopia. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is a murine freshwater being.
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