Pogonomys
Pogonomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae, found in New Guinea and the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, with one species (the Prehensile-tailed Rat) being found also in Australia.
| Pogonomys Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Pogonomys Milne-Edwards, 1877 |
| Type species | |
| Mus (Pogonomys) macrourus | |
| Species | |
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Pogonomys championi | |
Species include:
- Champion's tree mouse (Pogonomys championi)
- D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago pogonomys (Pogonomys fergussoniensis)
- Large tree mouse (Pogonomys loriae)
- Chestnut tree mouse (Pogonomys macrourus)
- Prehensile-tailed rat (Pogonomys mollipilosus)
- Gray-bellied tree mouse (Pogonomys sylvestris)
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