Lorentz's mosaic-tailed rat

Lorentz's mosaic-tailed rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Paramelomys
Species: P. lorentzii
Binomial name
Paramelomys lorentzii
(Jentink, 1908)

Lorentz's mosaic-tailed rat (Paramelomys lorentzii) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Wright, D.; Aplin, K.; Helgen, K. (2008). "Paramelomys lorentzii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T13125A3411727. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  • Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1432–1433. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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