Paraleptomys
Sign in to saveParaleptomys is a genus of rodents 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. Members of the genus are similar to those in Leptomys but differ in that they do not have elongated hind feet or a third molar. Little is known of the two species' biology.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyMuridae
新幾內亞水鼠屬（Paraleptomys），哺乳綱、囓齒目、鼠科的一屬，而與新幾內亞水鼠屬（朱脅水鼠）同科的動物尚有酋家鼠屬（酋家鼠）、弗洛雷斯長鼻鼠屬（弗洛雷斯長鼻鼠）、粗毛水鼠屬（粗毛水鼠）、弗羅裏斯鼠屬（弗羅裏斯鼠）等之數種哺乳動物。
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Paraleptomys is a genus of rodents 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. Members of the genus are similar to those in Leptomys but differ in that they do not have elongated hind feet or a third molar. Little is known of the two species' biology.
==Species== Genus Paraleptomys Northern water rat (Paraleptomys rufilatus) - Found in the Cyclops mountains of north-central New Guinea Short-haired water rat (Paraleptomys wilhelmina) - found in western and central New Guinea