White-eared giant rat
{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name = White-eared giant rat
| fossil_range = Pleistocene to Recent
| taxon = Hyomys
| authority = Thomas, 1904
| type_species = Hyomys meeki{{MSW3|id=13001394}}
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
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 {{Convert|295|-|390|mm|abbr=on}}, tail lengths between {{Convert|256|-|381|mm|abbr=on}}, and a weight of up to {{Convert|945|g|oz|abbr=on}}.Novak, 1999{{incomplete short citation|date=February 2022}}
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
References
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{{Murinae (Pogonomys–Pseudomys)}}
{{Myomorpha|E.|state=collapsed}}
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Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Category:Rodents of Papua New Guinea
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