Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lophiomys \Lo*phi"o*mys\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. lofia` a mane,
   bristly ridge + my^s a mouse.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A very singular rodent ({Lophiomys Imhausi}) of Northeastern
   Africa. It is the only known representative of a special
   family ({Lophiomyid[ae]}), remarkable for the structure of
   the skull. It has handlike feet, and the hair is peculiar in
   structure and arrangement.