Eastern white-eared giant rat

Eastern white-eared giant rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Hyomys
Species: H. goliath
Binomial name
Hyomys goliath
(Milne-Edwards, 1900)

The eastern white-eared giant rat (Hyomys goliath) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Papua New Guinea.

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