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Paraleptomys (New Guinea water rats)

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Species

Paraleptomys rufilatus (northern water rat) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Paraleptomys wilhelmina (short-haired 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