Pogonomys
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Pogonomys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Hydromyini |
Genus: | Pogonomys Milne-Edwards, 1877 |
Type species | |
Mus (Pogonomys) macrourus | |
Species | |
Pogonomys championi |
Pogonomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae, found in New Guinea and the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, with one species (the Prehensile-tailed Rat) being found also in Australia.
Species include:
- Champion's tree mouse (Pogonomys championi)
- D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago pogonomys (Pogonomys fergussoniensis)
- Large tree mouse (Pogonomys loriae)
- Chestnut tree mouse (Pogonomys macrourus)
- Prehensile-tailed rat (Pogonomys mollipilosus)
- Gray-bellied tree mouse (Pogonomys sylvestris)
References
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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