White-eared giant rat
Appearance
White-eared giant rats Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
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Genus: | Hyomys Thomas, 1904
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The white-eared giant rats, genus Hyomys, are a group of Old World rats from New Guinea.
Species
Genus Hyomys - white-eared rats
- western white-eared giant rat, Hyomys dammermani Stein, 1933
- eastern white-eared giant rat, Hyomys goliath Milne-Edwards, 1900