Mirza's western moss rat (''Mirzamys louiseae'') 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 ...

endemic to

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

References

*Helgen, K.M.; Helgen, L.E. 2009: Biodiversity and biogeography of the moss-mice of New Guinea: a taxonomic revision of Pseudohydromys (Muridae: Murinae). pp. 230–313 in Voss, R.S. & Carleton, M.D. (eds.) Systematic mammalogy: contributions in honor of Guy G. Musser. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, (331) Mirzamys Rats of Asia Endemic fauna of Papua New Guinea Rodents of Papua New Guinea Mammals described in 2009 {{Muridae-stub