Leptomys
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| Leptomys Fossil range: Recent |
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Leptomys 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.
[edit] Species
- Genus Leptomys
- Long-footed Water Rat (Leptomys elegans)
- Ernst Mayr's Water Rat (Leptomys ernstmayri)
- Fly River Water Rat (Leptomys signatus)
[edit] References
- 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.
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