Fly River Water Rat

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Fly River Water Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Leptomys
Species: L. signatus
Binomial name
Leptomys signatus
Tate & Archbold, 1938
Distribution map of L. signatus and other species of Leptomys on New Guinea
Distribution map of L. signatus and other species of Leptomys on New Guinea

The Fly River Water Rat (Leptomys signatus) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

  • Baillie, J. 1996. Leptomys signatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.