Northern groove-toothed shrew mouse

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Northern groove-toothed shrew mouse
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Microhydromys
Species:
M. richardsoni
Binomial name
Microhydromys richardsoni
Tate & Archbold, 1941

The northern groove-toothed shrew mouse (Microhydromys richardsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

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References

  1. Gerrie, R.; Kennerley, R. (2016). "Microhydromys richardsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T48002425A22459257. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T48002425A22459257.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.