Short-haired water rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Paraleptomys |
Species: | P. wilhelmina |
Binomial name | |
Paraleptomys wilhelmina Tate & Archbold, 1941 |
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Distribution map on New Guinea. P. wilhelmina is in black. |
The short-haired water rat (Paraleptomys wilhelmina) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. There are two currently undescribed species allied with this taxon.