White-eared giant rat
The white-eared giant rats, genus Hyomys, are a group of Old World rats from New Guinea.
| White-eared giant rat Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Hyomys Thomas, 1904 |
| Type species | |
| Hyomys meeki[1] | |
| Species | |
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Description
These large rodents belong to the genus Hyomys, with head and body lengths between 295–390 mm (11.6–15.4 in), tail lengths between 256–381 mm (10.1–15.0 in), and a weight of up to 945 g (33.3 oz).[2]
Species
Genus Hyomys - white-eared giant rats
- Western white-eared giant rat, Hyomys dammermani Stein, 1933
- Eastern white-eared giant rat, Hyomys goliath Milne-Edwards, 1900
References
- Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Novak, 1999
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