Short-haired water rat

Short-haired water rat
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)
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

• Baillie, J. 1996. Paraleptomys wilhelmina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
• 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. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.