Paraleptomys
Paraleptomys is a genus of rodent from New Guinea. It is considered part of the New Guinea Old Endemics, meaning it was part of the first wave of murine rodents to colonize the island.
| Paraleptomys | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Paraleptomys Tate & Archbold, 1941 |
| Species | |
|
Paraleptomys rufilatus | |
 | |
| Distribution map on New Guinea | |
Species
- Genus Paraleptomys
- Northern water rat (Paraleptomys rufilatus)
- Short-haired water rat (Paraleptomys wilhelmina)
gollark: It is not. Observe that you cannot delete anything.
gollark: I have my reasons.
gollark: ++delete <@!543131534685765673>
gollark: Bad.
gollark: I'd like to clone my helper status. Does `Helper` impl `Clone` or `Copy`?
References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.