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Hydromys
Sign in to saveHydromys 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.
Species
Rakali
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyMuridae
水鼠屬（Hydromys），哺乳綱、囓齒目、鼠科的一屬，而與水鼠屬（東方水鼠）同科的動物尚有林柔毛鼠屬（丹尼柔毛鼠）、粗尾鼠屬（粗尾鼠）、駝鼠屬（單環駝鼠）、非洲煙鼠屬（非洲煙鼠）等之數種哺乳動物。
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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