lophiomys

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The typical and only genus of the family Lophiomyidæ. L. imhausi of Africa is the only species.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Zoöl.) A very singular rodent (Lophiomys Imhausi) of Northeastern Africa. It is the only known representative of a special family (Lophiomyidæ), remarkable for the structure of the skull. It has handlike feet, and the hair is peculiar in structure and arrangement.