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Australasian Mice and Rats
Hydromyini
Hydromyini is a very large, diverse tribe of muroid rodents in the subfamily Murinae. They are the dominant native rodents in Australasia and one of only two native rodent groups there, the other being the R. fuscipes group of the genus Rattus in the tribe Rattini. They are also found in parts of Southeast Asia.
44 branches of this tribe, most-observed first · about 193 known species
Australasian Water Rats
genusHydromys
Melomys
genusMelomys
Giant Naked-tailed Rats
genusUromys
Australian Native Mice
genusPseudomys
Hopping Mice
genusNotomys
New Guinea Tree Mice
genusPogonomys
Pencil-tailed Tree Mice
genusChiropodomys
Australian Tree Rats
genusMesembriomys
Thick-tailed Rock Rats
genusZyzomys
Mastacomys
genusMastacomys
Stick-nest Rats
genusLeporillus
Australian Short-tailed Mice
genusLeggadina
New Guinea Brush Mice
genusPogonomelomys
Ranee Mice
genusHaeromys
Paramelomys
genusParamelomys
Earthworm Mice
genusApomys
Rabbit-rats
genusConilurus
Lorentzimys
genusLorentzimys
Xeromys
genusXeromys
Luzon Striped Rats
genusChrotomys
Woolly Rats
genusMallomys
New Guinea Tree Mice
genusChiruromys
Leptomys
genusLeptomys
Baiyankamys
genusBaiyankamys
Groove-toothed Mice
genusMicrohydromys
Mammelomys
genusMammelomys
Tweezer-beaked Rats
genusRhynchomys
Solomon Island Giant Rats
genusSolomys
White-eared Giant Rats
genusHyomys
Small-toothed Rats
genusMacruromys
Parahydromys
genusParahydromys
Xenuromys
genusXenuromys
Coryphomys
genusCoryphomys
Crossomys
genusCrossomys
Protochromys
genusProtochromys
Soricomys
genusSoricomys
Brassomys
genusBrassomys
Moss Rats
genusMirzamys
Archboldomys
genusArchboldomys
Anisomys
genusAnisomys
Papuan Moss and Shrew-mice
genusPseudohydromys
Coccymys
genusCoccymys
Abeomelomys
genusAbeomelomys
New Guinea Water Rats
genusParaleptomys
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 846294.