''Macruromys'' is a genus 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 endemic to

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

. It contains the following species: *

Lesser small-toothed rat The lesser small-toothed rat or western small-toothed rat (''Macruromys elegans'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in West Papua, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in S ...

(''M. elegans'') * Eastern small-toothed rat (''M. major'')

References

* Rodent genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Endemic fauna of New Guinea Rodents of New Guinea {{Murinae-stub