Hydromys
| Hydromys Temporal range:Middle Pliocene- Recent
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| Rakali(Hydromys chrysogaster) | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Hydromys É. Geoffroy,1804 |
| Type species | |
| Hydromys chrysogaster É. Geoffroy, 1804
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Hydromys chrysogaster | |
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| red=Hydromys chrysogaster green=Xeromyssp. andHydromys chrysogaster | |
Hydromysis agenusofsemiaquaticrodentsin the subfamilyMurinae.ThreespeciesareendemictoNew Guineaand nearby islands. The fourth species, therakali,is also found onAustralia.The most recently discovered member of this genus was described in 2005.
List of species
[edit]GenusHydromys- water rats:
- Rakali,Hydromys chrysogasterE. Geoffroy, 1804[1]
- Western water rat,Hydromys hussoniMusser and Piik, 1982[1][2]
- New Britain water rat,Hydromys neobritannicusTate and Archbold, 1935[1]
- Ziegler's water rat,Hydromys ziegleriHelgen, 2005[2]
Note:Hydromys habbemaTate and Archbold, 1941 andHydromys shawmayeri(Hinton, 1943) are placed withinBaiyankamysafter Helgen, 2005.[1][2]
References
[edit]- Woollard, P.; Vestjens, W. J. M.; Maclean, L. (1978). "The ecology of the eastern water ratHydromys chrysogasterat Griffith, N.S.W.: Food and feeding habits ".Wildlife Research.5(1): 59–73.doi:10.1071/WR9780059.
- ^abcdMusser, G. G.;Carleton, M. D. (2005)."Superfamily Muroidea".InWilson, 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.ISBN978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC62265494.
- ^abcHelgen, K. M. (March 2005)."The amphibious murines of New Guinea (Rodentia, Muridae): the generic status ofBaiyankamysand description of a new species ofHydromys".Zootaxa.913(1): 1–20.doi:10.11646/zootaxa.913.1.1.
External links
[edit]- "HydromysE. Geoffroy, 1804 ".Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Water Rat or orange bellied water rat aka Rakali, filmed in the wild at Bakers beach, TasmaniaonYouTube
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