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New Britain Water Rat

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q303992
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Summary

New Britain Water Rat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Data Deficient[4]
  • Parent taxon: Hydromys[5]
  • Taxon name: Hydromys neobritannicus[6]
  • Short name: H. neobritannicus[7]

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Identifiers

New Britain Water Rat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 74444[8]. New Britain Water Rat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1179102[9]. New Britain Water Rat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4264994[10]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 970828[11] and 585254[12].

Why It Matters

New Britain Water Rat has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Itis tsn → 970828, 585254
    Instance of → taxon
    Iucn conservation status → Data Deficient
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 585254, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
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