Hydromys

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.

Hydromys
Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
Rakali (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 neobritannicus
Hydromys ziegleri

red=Hydromys chrysogaster

green=Xeromys sp. and Hydromys chrysogaster
blue= Hydromys spp.

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.

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 (eds.). 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.
  • 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.
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