Paraleptomys

Paraleptomys; Temporal range: Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Hydromyini
Genus:	Paraleptomys; Tate & Archbold, 1941
Type species
	Paraleptomys wilhelmina;
Species
	Paraleptomys rufilatus; Paraleptomys wilhelmina
	Distribution map on New Guinea

Paraleptomys is a genus of rodent from New Guinea. It is considered part of the New Guinea Old Endemics,^[1] meaning it was part of the first wave of murine rodents to colonize the island. Members of the genus are similar to those in Leptomys but differ in that they do not have elongated hind feet or a third molar.^{[citation needed]} Little is known of the two species' biology.

Species

Genus Paraleptomys
- Northern water rat (Paraleptomys rufilatus) - Found in the Cyclops mountains of north-central New Guinea^[2]
- Short-haired water rat (Paraleptomys wilhelmina) - found in western and central New Guinea

References

^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ Nowak (1983). Walkers Mammals.^{[full citation needed]}

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[1] Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[2] Nowak (1983). Walkers Mammals.^{[full citation needed]}

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