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Leptomys (New Guinea water rats)

Wikipedia Abstract

Leptomys 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.
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Species

Leptomys arfakensis
Leptomys elegans (long-footed water rat) (Attributes)
Leptomys ernstmayri (Ernst Mayr's water rat) (Attributes)
Leptomys paulus
Leptomys signatus (fly river water rat) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0