Image: Common Water-rat
A Common Water Rat, Hydromys chrysogaster, is pictured sitting on a tree branch partly submerged into water. Its dark-brown fur is visibly wet and its tail is submerged into the water beneath.
- Photographer:
- R Jenkins
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Common Water-rat
- Scientific name:
- Hydromys chrysogaster
- Family:
- Muridae
- Order:
- Rodentia
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Tags water rat, rodent, muridae, rodentia, mammal, placental, eutherian,