Genus of rodents
White-eared giant rat
Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent |
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]
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| 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][incomplete short citation]
Species
Genus Hyomys - white-eared giant rats
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
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Pogonomys–Pseudomys)
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Pogonomys
Division | | Abeomelomys | - Highland brush mouse (A. sevia)
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| Anisomys | - Squirrel-toothed rat (A. imitator)
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| Brassomys | - White-toothed brush mouse (B. albidens)
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| Chiruromys | - Greater tree mouse (C. forbesi)
- Broad-headed tree mouse (C. lamia)
- Lesser tree mouse (C. vates)
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| Coccymys | |
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Hyomys
(White-eared rats) | - Western white-eared giant rat (H. dammermani)
- Eastern white-eared giant rat (H. goliath)
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Macruromys
(New Guinean rats) | - Lesser small-toothed rat (M. elegans)
- Eastern small-toothed rat (M. major)
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Mallomys
(Giant tree rats) | - De Vis's woolly rat (M. aroaensis)
- Alpine woolly rat (M. gunung)
- Subalpine woolly rat (M. istapantap)
- Rothschild's woolly rat (M. rothschildi)
- Bosavi woolly rat (M. sp. nov.)
- Arfak woolly rat (M. sp. nov.)
- Foja woolly rat (M. sp. nov.)
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| Mammelomys | - Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat (M. lanosus)
- Large mosaic-tailed rat (M. rattoides)
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Pogonomelomys
(Rummler's
mosaic tailed rats) | - Grey pogonomelomys (P. brassi)
- Lowland brush mouse (P. bruijni)
- Shaw Mayer's brush mouse (P. mayeri)
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Pogonomys
(Prehensile-tailed rats) | - Champion's tree mouse (P. championi)
- D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago pogonomys (P. fergussoniensis)
- Large tree mouse (P. loriae)
- Chestnut tree mouse (P. macrourus)
- Prehensile-tailed rat (P. mollipilosus)
- Gray-bellied tree mouse (P. sylvestris)
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| Xenuromys | - Mimic tree rat (X. barbatus)
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Pseudomys
Division | | Conilurus | - Brush-tailed rabbit rat (C. penicillatus)
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| Leggadina | - Forrest's mouse (L. forresti)
- Lakeland Downs mouse (L. lakedownensis)
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Leporillus
(Australian
stick-nest rats) | - Greater stick-nest rat (L. conditor)
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| Mastacomys | - Broad-toothed mouse (M. fuscus)
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Mesembriomys
(Tree rats) | - Black-footed tree-rat (M. gouldii)
- Golden-backed tree-rat (M. macrurus)
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Notomys
(Australian
hopping mice) | - Spinifex hopping mouse (N. alexis)
- Northern hopping mouse (N. aquilo)
- Fawn hopping mouse (N. cervinus)
- Dusky hopping mouse (N. fuscus)
- Mitchell's hopping mouse (N. mitchellii)
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Pseudomys
(Australian native mice) | - Ash-grey mouse (P. albocinereus)
- Silky mouse (P. apodemoides)
- Plains rat (P. australis)
- Bolam's mouse (P. bolami)
- Kakadu pebble-mound mouse (P. calabyi)
- Western pebble-mound mouse (P. chapmani)
- Little native mouse (P. delicatulus)
- Desert mouse (P. desertor)
- Smoky mouse (P. fumeus)
- Gould's mouse (P. gouldii)
- Eastern chestnut mouse (P. gracilicaudatus)
- Sandy inland mouse (P. hermannsburgensis)
- Long-tailed mouse (P. higginsi)
- Central pebble-mound mouse (P. johnsoni)
- Western chestnut mouse (P. nanus)
- New Holland mouse (P. novaehollandiae)
- Western mouse (P. occidentalis)
- Hastings River mouse (P. oralis)
- Country mouse (P. patrius)
- Pilliga mouse (P. pilligaensis)
- Heath mouse (P. shortridgei)
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Zyzomys
(Thick-tailed rats) | - Common rock rat (Z. argurus)
- Arnhem Land rock rat (Z. maini)
- Carpentarian rock rat (Z. palatalis)
- Central rock rat (Z. pedunculatus)
- Kimberley rock rat (Z. woodwardi)
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Melasmothrix–Mus
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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