Paraleptomys
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| Paraleptomys Temporal range: Recent
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Paraleptomys
Tate & Archbold, 1941
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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.
Species
- Genus Paraleptomys
- Northern water rat (Paraleptomys rufilatus)
- Short-haired water rat (Paraleptomys wilhelmina)
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.
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