The white-eared giant rats,
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
''Hyomys'', are a group of
Old World rats from
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...
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Description
These large rodents belong to the genus Hyomys, with head and body lengths between , tail lengths between , and a weight of up to .
[Novak, 1999]
Species
Genus ''Hyomys'' - white-eared giant rats
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Western white-eared giant rat
The western white-eared giant rat (''Hyomys dammermani'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in West Papua (region), West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
References
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Rodents of Papua New Guinea
Hyomys
Mamm ...
, ''Hyomys dammermani''
Stein, 1933
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Eastern white-eared giant rat, ''Hyomys goliath''
Milne-Edwards, 1900
References
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Rodent genera
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Rodents of Papua New Guinea
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