Biology:Short-haired water rat
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Short description: Species of rodent
| Short-haired water rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Paraleptomys |
| Species: | P. wilhelmina
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| 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.
References
- ↑ Helgen, K. (2008). "Paraleptomys wilhelmina". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T16122A5392631. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T16122A5392631.en.
- 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. p. 1431. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001640.
Wikidata ☰ Q1768083 entry
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