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Australasian Water Rats
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Australasian Water Rats

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.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Rakali

speciesHydromys chrysogaster

New Britain Water Rat

speciesHydromys neobritannicus

Western Water Rat

speciesHydromys hussoni

Ziegler's Water Rat

speciesHydromys ziegleri

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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 45287.