White-eared giant rat

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White-eared giant rat Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Hydromyini
Genus:	Hyomys Thomas, 1904
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).^{[1][incomplete short citation]}

Species[]

Genus Hyomys - white-eared giant rats

• Western white-eared giant rat, Hyomys dammermani Stein, 1933
• Eastern white-eared giant rat, Hyomys goliath Milne-Edwards, 1900

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