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Hydromys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Hydromys was named by Geoffroy (1804). It is extant.

It was assigned to Palmipeda by Illiger (1811); to Hydromina by Gray (1825); and to Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
H. hussoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Hydromys Geoffroy
1811Hydromys Illiger p. 88
1825Hydromys Gray p. 341
1997Hydromys McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyMuridaeIlliger 1811
tribeHydromina
genusHydromysGeoffroy 1804

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Hydromys Geoffroy 1804
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Hydromys hussoni Musser and Piik 1982 [western water rat]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:41:51
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:41:51
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) H. sp. (96015)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) H. chrysogaster (28298 136430)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) H. sp. (181307)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) H. chrysogaster (182920 183263)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) H. chrysogaster (181314 182957)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) H. chrysogaster (21688)