Western water rat
Appearance
Western water rat | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Hydromys |
Species: | H. hussoni
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Binomial name | |
Hydromys hussoni Musser & Piik, 1982
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The western water rat (Hydromys hussoni) is a semiaquatic species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ^ Gerrie, R.; Kennerley, R. (2017). "Hydromys hussoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T10312A22401886. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T10312A22401886.en.
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- 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. p. 1334. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.