New Guinea waterside rat
The New Guinea waterside rat (Parahydromys asper) is the only species in the genus Parahydromys. It is considered part of the New Guinea Old Endemics, meaning its ancestors were part of the first wave of murine rodents to colonize the island. It is commonly called the "Guinea rat".
| New Guinea waterside rat Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Parahydromys Poche, 1906 |
| Species: | P. asper |
| Binomial name | |
| Parahydromys asper (Thomas, 1906) | |
| Distribution map on New Guinea | |
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