Hydromys neobrittanicus

Tate & Archbold, 1935

New Britain Water Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Hydromyini
Genus : Hydromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Tate, G.H.H. and Archbold, R. 1935-05-18. Twelve apparently new forms of Muridae (other than Rattus) from the Indo-Australian Region. American Museum Novitates 803:1-9.

Original name as described

Hydromys neobrittanicus

Other common names

New Britain Hydromys

Type material

AMNH M-99867

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Bainings, Balayang, Wide Bay, New Britain, Solomon Islands," Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

often spelt 'neobritannicus', but the original and correct spelling is 'neobrittanicus', which is used here

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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