water-rat

The island is noted for its low number and abundance of introduced species, presence of false water-rat Xeromys myoides (VU), and high genetic purity of dingo Canis lupus relative to other areas in eastern Australia.

Fraser Island, Australia 2008

Fraser Island is noted for the presence of the false water-rat Xeromys myoides.

Fraser Island, Australia 2008

Balthasar, who knew a water-rat or two, gambolled in front, at the gait which marks an oldish dog who takes the same walk every day.

Indian Summer of a Forsyte 2004

Suddenly there came along a great water-rat that lived in the tunnel.

The Yellow Fairy Book 2003

On the edge of the mangroves a big water-rat, dazzled by the lantern, skips a few yards, and halts, dismayed.

Last Leaves from Dunk Island 2003

Here, too, come millions of industrious bees, and in the dusk the big pencil-tailed water-rat, which the masterful dog kills with as little ceremony as he does the bird-scaring snakes.

Tropic Days 2003

So utterly lost was he to all sense of reverence for the many marvels of their majestic bulk and mystic ways; and so dead to anything like an apprehension of any possible danger encountering them; that in his poor opinion, the wondrous whale was but a species of magnified mouse, or at least water-rat, requiring only a little circumvention and some small application of time and trouble in order to kill and boil.

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

With a few strokes Frodo brought the boat back to the bank. and Sam was able to scramble out, wet as a water-rat.

The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965

With a few strokes Frodo brought the boat back to the bank, and Sam was able to scramble out, wet as a water-rat.

The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

A water-rat, passing bright-eyed upon his lawful occasion, paused on the border of the stream to consider the stranger, and was lost to view.

Uncanny Tales Various