Western water rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Hydromys |
Species: |
H. hussoni
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Binomial name | |
Hydromys hussoni Musser & Piik, 1982 |
The western water rat (Hydromys hussoni) is a semiaquatic species of rodent in the family Muridae.[1][2] It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It is threatened by habitat loss however a lot is still unknown about the species and it has been classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.[1]
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Hadromys–Maxomys)
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Malacomys Division |
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Hydromys hussoni |
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