• Source: Hydromys

Hydromys is a genus of semiaquatic rodents in the subfamily Murinae. Three species are endemic to New Guinea and nearby islands. The fourth species, the rakali, is also found on Australia. The most recently discovered member of this genus was described in 2005.




List of species


Genus Hydromys - water rats:

Rakali, Hydromys chrysogaster E. Geoffroy, 1804
Western water rat, Hydromys hussoni Musser and Piik, 1982
New Britain water rat, Hydromys neobritannicus Tate and Archbold, 1935
Ziegler's water rat, Hydromys ziegleri Helgen, 2005
Note: Hydromys habbema Tate and Archbold, 1941 and Hydromys shawmayeri (Hinton, 1943) are placed within Baiyankamys after Helgen, 2005.




References


Woollard, P.; Vestjens, W. J. M.; Maclean, L. (1978). "The ecology of the eastern water rat Hydromys chrysogaster at Griffith, N.S.W.: Food and feeding habits". Wildlife Research. 5 (1): 59–73. doi:10.1071/WR9780059.




External links


"Hydromys E. Geoffroy, 1804". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Water Rat or orange bellied water rat aka Rakali, filmed in the wild at Bakers beach, Tasmania on YouTube

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Gulit (Hydromys)
• Pulau Gam
• Daftar mamalia di Indonesia
• Daftar genus mamalia
• Hydromys
• Rakali
• Murinae
• Ornithorhynchidae
• Water rat
• Mountain water rat
• Western water rat
• List of mammals of Tasmania
• Shaw Mayer's water rat
• Rodent