New Britain water rat

Short description: Species of rodent

New Britain water rat

Conservation status

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Mammalia
Order:  | Rodentia
Family:  | Muridae
Genus:  | Hydromys
Species:  |

H. neobritannicus

Binomial name
Hydromys neobritannicus

Tate & Archbold, 1935

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.

## References

1. ↑ Gerrie, R.; Kennerley, R. (2016). "Hydromys neobritannicus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2016: e.T10313A115097202. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T10313A22401993.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/10313/0. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

* 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. p. 1334. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001383.

Wikidata ☰ Q303992 entry

0.00

(0 votes)

Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New Britain water rat. Read more

|

Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Biology:New_Britain_water_rat&oldid=630099"