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| White-eared giant rat Temporal range:Pleistocene to Recent | |
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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] | |
| Species | |
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Thewhite-eared giant rats,genusHyomys, are a group ofOld World rats fromNew Guinea.
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]
GenusHyomys - white-eared giant rats
