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New Britain Water Rat

Hydromys neobritannicus

The New Britain water rat (Hydromys neobritannicus) is a species of semiaquatic rodent in the family Muridae.

It is found only on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 74444.