Hydromys

Hydromys
Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
Hydromys chrysogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Hydromys
É. Geoffroy, 1804
Type species
Hydromys chrysogaster
É. Geoffroy, 1804
species

Hydromys chrysogaster
Hydromys hussoni
Hydromys neobrittanicus
Hydromys ziegleri

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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.

List of species

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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