Microhydromys

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Microhydromys
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Hydromyini
Genus: Microhydromys
Tate & Archibold, 1941
Type species
Microhydromys richardsoni
Species

Microhydromys argenteus
Microhydromys richardsoni

Microhydromys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species:

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