Short-haired water rat
Short-haired water rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Paraleptomys |
Species: | P. wilhelmina |
Binomial name | |
Paraleptomys wilhelmina Tate & Archbold, 1941 | |
Distribution map on New Guinea. P. wilhelmina is in black. |
The short-haired water rat (Paraleptomys wilhelmina) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. There are two currently undescribed species allied with this taxon.
References
- ↑ Helgen, K. (2008). "Paraleptomys wilhelmina". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T16122A5392631. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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