Eastern white-eared giant rat | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Hyomys |
Species: | H. goliath
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Binomial name | |
Hyomys goliath (
Milne-Edwards, 1900)
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The eastern white-eared giant rat (Hyomys goliath) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Papua New Guinea.
The species has been known to eat karuka nuts (Pandanus julianettii), [2] and growers will put platforms or other obstacles on the trunks of the trees to keep the pests out. [3] [2]
It is known as mumuk in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea. [4]
Eastern white-eared giant rat | |
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Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Hyomys |
Species: | H. goliath
|
Binomial name | |
Hyomys goliath (
Milne-Edwards, 1900)
|
The eastern white-eared giant rat (Hyomys goliath) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Papua New Guinea.
The species has been known to eat karuka nuts (Pandanus julianettii), [2] and growers will put platforms or other obstacles on the trunks of the trees to keep the pests out. [3] [2]
It is known as mumuk in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea. [4]