Hydromys neobritannicus Tate and Archbold 1935

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1334

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scientific name	Hydromys neobritannicus Tate and Archbold 1935
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Hydromys neobritannicus Tate and Archbold 1935 , Am. Mus . Novit., 803: 8.

Type Locality: Bismarck Arch., New Britain Isl, Wide Bay, Balayang, Bainings.

Vernacular Names: New Britain Water Rat.

Distribution: Endemic to New Britain Isl.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Included in H. chrysogaster by Ellerman (1941) and Ziegler (1982 b), but recognized as a New Britain endemic by Flannery and White (1991) and should retain this status until significance of its diagnostic traits can be assessed in a systematic revision of the large-bodied forms of Hydromys , as Tate (1951:236) already noted. Reviewed by Flannery (1995 b).