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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Hydromys
SPECIES Hydromys neobritannicus
| Author: | Tate and Archbold, 1935. | | Citation: | Am. Mus. Novit., 803: 8. | | Common Name: | New Britain Water Rat | | Type Locality: | Bismarck Arch., New Britain Isl, Wide Bay, Balayang, Bainings. | | Distribution: | Endemic to New Britain Isl. | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Included in H. chrysogaster by Ellerman (1941) and Ziegler (1982b), but recognized as a New Britain endemic by Flannery and White (1991) and should retain this status until significance of its diagnostic traits can be assessed in a systematic revision of the large-bodied forms of Hydromys, as Tate (1951:236) already noted. Reviewed by Flannery (1995b). |
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