Hydromys

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Hydromys Temporal range: Middle Pliocene - Recent
Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Hydromyini
Genus:	Hydromys É. Geoffroy, 1804
Type species
Hydromys chrysogaster É. Geoffroy, 1804
Species
Hydromys chrysogaster Hydromys hussoni Hydromys neobritannicus Hydromys ziegleri
red=Hydromys chrysogaster green=Xeromys sp. and Hydromys chrysogaster blue= Hydromys spp.

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[edit]

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

Note: Hydromys habbema Tate and Archbold, 1941 and Hydromys shawmayeri (Hinton, 1943) are placed within Baiyankamys after Helgen, 2005.

References[edit]

• Helgen, K. M. (March 2005). "The amphibious murines of New Guinea (Rodentia, Muridae): the generic status of Baiyankamys and description of a new species of Hydromys". Zootaxa. 913 (1): 1–20. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.913.1.1.
• Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1334–1335. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
• Woollard, P.; Vestjens, W. J. M.; Maclean, L. (1978). "The ecology of the eastern water rat Hydromys chrysogaster at Griffith, N.S.W.: Food and feeding habits". Wildlife Research. 5 (1): 59–73. doi:10.1071/WR9780059.

External links[edit]

• "Hydromys E. Geoffroy, 1804". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Water Rat or orange bellied water rat aka Rakali, filmed in the wild at Bakers beach, Tasmania on YouTube