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Brassomys albidens (white-toothed brush mouse)

Synonyms: Coccymys albidens; Melomys albidens

Wikipedia Abstract

The white-toothed brush mouse, white-toothed melomys, or white-toothed mouse (Coccymys albidens) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Not determined do to incomplete vulnerability data.
ED Score: 9.35

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  46 grams
Diet [2]  Herbivore
Diet - Plants [2]  100 %
Forages - Scansorial [2]  100 %
Snout to Vent Length [1]  6 inches (15 cm)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Gunung Lorentz National Park 6189990 Papua, Indonesia      

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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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