Western Water Rat

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Western Water Rat
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Hydromys Species: H. hussoni
Binomial name
Hydromys hussoni Musser & Piik, 1982

The Western Water Rat (Hydromys hussoni) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Hydromys hussoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 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.