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The large tree mouse (''Pogonomys loriae'') 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 n ...
in the family Muridae. It is found on the island of
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References

* Pogonomys Mammals described in 1897 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas {{Murinae-stub