| 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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The white-eared giant rats, genus Hyomys, are a group of Old World rats from New Guinea.
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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