False Water Rat
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| False Water Rat Fossil range: Recent |
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| Xeromys myoides Thomas, 1889 |
The False Water Rat or Water Mouse, Xeromys myoides, is a species of rodent in the Muridae family, found only in Australia. It is the only species in the genus Xeromys.
[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Xeromys myoides. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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