Biology:Hydromys
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Short description: Genus of rodents
| Hydromys Temporal range: Middle Pliocene - Recent
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| Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | 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 | |
Hydromys is a genus of semiaquatic 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.
List of species
Genus Hydromys - water rats
- Rakali, Hydromys chrysogaster E. Geoffroy, 1804
- Western water rat, Hydromys hussoni Musser and Piik, 1982
- New Britain water rat, Hydromys neobritannicus Tate and Archbold, 1935
- Ziegler's water rat, Hydromys ziegleri Helgen, 2005
Note: Hydromys habbema Tate and Archbold, 1941 and Hydromys shawmayeri (Hinton, 1943) are placed within Baiyankamys after Helgen, 2005.
References
- Helgen, K. M. (March 2005). "The amphibious murines of New Guinea (Rodentia, Muridae): the generic status of Baiyankamys and description of a new species of Hydromys". Zootaxa 913 (1): 1–20. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.913.1.1.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1334-1335. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001379.
- Woollard, P.; Vestjens, W. J. M.; Maclean, L. (1978). "The ecology of the eastern water rat Hydromys chrysogaster at Griffith, N.S.W.: Food and feeding habits.". Wildlife Research 5 (1): 59–73. doi:10.1071/WR9780059.
External links
- "Hydromys E. Geoffroy, 1804". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=585022.
Wikidata ☰ Q668884 entry
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