Short-haired Water Rat
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Paraleptomys wilhelmina Tate & Archbold, 1941 |
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Distribution map on New Guinea. P. wilhelmina is in black.
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The Short-Haired Water Rat (Paraleptomys wilhelmina) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Paraleptomys wilhelmina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 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.