Category:Xeromys myoides

**False water rat**
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Instance of	taxon;
IUCN conservation status	Vulnerable;
Endemic to	New Guinea; mainland Australia;
Common name
	English: False Swamp Rat, False Water-rat, False Water Rat, Water Mouse; مصرى: جرذ الماء الكاذب; Kotava: Tovol; български: Лъжлив воден плъх; Deutsch: Falsche Wasserratte, Falsche Schwimmratte; español: Rata Bastarda De Agua; français: Faux Rat D'Eau; Gaeilge: Francach uisce bréige; 日本語: ミズネズミモドキ; 한국어: 가짜물쥐; Nederlands: Onechte waterrat; Diné bizaad: Tábąąh łéʼétsoh yił aheełtʼéhé; polski: Szczureczek namorzynowy; svenska: Falsk vattenråtta; 中文: 偽沼鼠;
Taxonomy
Class	Mammalia
Subclass	Theriiformes
Superlegion	Trechnotheria
Infralegion	Boreosphenida
Subclass	Theria
Infraclass	Placentalia
Magnorder	Boreoeutheria
Superorder	Euarchontoglires
Order	Rodentia
Suborder	Myomorpha
Superfamily	Muroidea
Family	Muridae
Subfamily	Murinae
Genus	Xeromys
Species
	Xeromys myoides; Thomas, 1889
Authority file
	Q1394826; IUCN taxon ID: 23141; NCBI taxonomy ID: 337226; ITIS TSN: 585614; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 1179462; GBIF taxon ID: 2439284; MSW ID: 13001875; ZooBank ID for name or act: 4CAC116C-EC92-4AE3-83B7-D5EE901BF148; CITES Species+ ID: 4523; Species Profile and Threats Database ID: 66; iNaturalist taxon ID: 45385; ADW taxon ID: Xeromys; IRMNG ID: 10705419
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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Rodentia • Superfamilia: Muroidea • Familia: Muridae • Subfamilia: Murinae • Genus: Xeromys • Species: Xeromys myoides Thomas, 1889

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'False water rat']

English: False Swamp Rat, False Water-rat, False Water Rat, Water Mouse
مصرى: جرذ الماء الكاذب
Kotava: Tovol
български: Лъжлив воден плъх
Deutsch: Falsche Wasserratte, Falsche Schwimmratte
español: Rata Bastarda De Agua
français: Faux Rat D'Eau
Gaeilge: Francach uisce bréige
日本語: ミズネズミモドキ
한국어: 가짜물쥐
Nederlands: Onechte waterrat
Diné bizaad: Tábąąh łéʼétsoh yił aheełtʼéhé
polski: Szczureczek namorzynowy
svenska: Falsk vattenråtta
中文: 偽沼鼠

Note: For ITIS & Mammal Species of the World (2005), this is currently the only extant (living) species in the genus Xeromys (Retrieved on 23 July 2012).