Short-haired water rat

Short-haired water rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Muridae
Genus:Paraleptomys
Species: P. wilhelmina
Binomial name
Paraleptomys wilhelmina
Tate & Archbold, 1941
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

  1. ↑ Helgen, K. (2008). "Paraleptomys wilhelmina". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T16122A5392631. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  • 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.
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