Hydromys
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Hydromys Temporal range: - Recent |
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| Hydromys chrysogaster | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
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Hydromys É. Geoffroy, 1804 |
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Hydromys chrysogaster É. Geoffroy, 1804 |
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Hydromys chrysogaster |
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| red=Hydromys chrysogaster green=Xeromys sp. and Hydromys chrysogaster |
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Hydromys chrysogaster
Hydromys hussoni
Hydromys neobrittanicus
Hydromys ziegleri
green=Xeromys sp. and Hydromys chrysogaster
blue= Hydromys spp.
Hydromys is a genus of rodents in the subfamily Murinae. Three species are endemic to New Guinea and nearby islands. The fourth species, the rakali, is also found on Australia. The most recently discovered member of this genus was described in 2005.
Genus Hydromys - water rats
Note: Hydromys habbema Tate and Archbold, 1941 and Hydromys shawmayeri (Hinton, 1943) are placed within Baiyankamys after Helgen, 2005.
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