The lowland brush mouse (''Pogonomelomys bruijni'') is a species of

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...

in the family

Muridae The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. The name Muridae come ...

. It is found in

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on the island of

Salawati Salawati is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in Southwest Papua (formerly West Papua), Indonesia. Its area is 1,623 km2. Salawati is separated from New Guinea to the southeast by the Sele Strait (a.k.a. Galowa Strai ...

and on the Vogelkop Peninsula in Papua Province, Indonesia.

Taxonomy

The grey pogonomelomys (''Pogonomelomys brassi'') was formely included under this species.

Ecology

The lowland brush mouse is an arboreal rodent and lives in holes in trees.

Status

The tropical humid forests in which this mouse lives are increasingly being cleared to make way for agriculture and this must be affecting the species. Previously classified as " critically endangered", the lowland brush mouse has been found to be more plentiful than was once thought and has been reclassified as "

near threatened A near-threatened species is a species which has been categorized as "Near Threatened" (NT) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as that may be vulnerable to endangerment in the near future, but it does not currently qualify fo ...

References

* Pogonomelomys Mammals described in 1876 Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN Taxa named by Giacomo Doria {{Murinae-stub