Hydromys chrysogaster E. Geoffroy, 1804 . Bull. Sei. Soc. Philom. Paris, 93:354.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Tasmania, Bruni Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: Tasmania; Australia (non-desert regions); Kei Isis.; Aru Isis.; New Guinea.

COMMENT: Includes caurinus, fuliginosus, grootensis, lawnensis, longmani, melicertes, and moae; see Ride, 1970:243.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011076001001.