Short-haired water rat
Species of rodent
Short-haired water rat | |
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Conservation status | |
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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
- ^ Helgen, K. (2008). "Paraleptomys wilhelmina". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T16122A5392631. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T16122A5392631.en.
- 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. 1431. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Hadromys–Maxomys)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordate
- Class: Mammalia
- Superorder: Euarchontoglires
- Order: Rodentia
- Family: Muridae
Division
Hadromys (Manipur bush rat) |
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Dephomys (Defua rats) |
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Hybomys (Hump-nosed mice) |
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Stochomys |
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Baiyankamys |
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Crossomys |
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Hydromys (Water rats) |
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Microhydromys |
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Parahydromys |
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Paraleptomys |
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Division
Lorentzimys |
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Malacomys (Big-eared swamp rats) |
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Maxomys (Rajah rats) |
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Melasmothrix–Mus
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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