''Paramelomys'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
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 ...
. All of the nine species of the genus are found in
West Papua,
Indonesia
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and
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 ...
.
Species
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Paramelomys gressitti''
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Paramelomys levipes
The long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat or Papuan lowland paramelomys (''Paramelomys levipes'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found only in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, ...
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Paramelomys lorentzii''
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Paramelomys mollis''
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Paramelomys moncktoni''
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Paramelomys naso''
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Paramelomys platyops''
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Paramelomys rubex''
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Paramelomys steini''
References
* 1996: A systematic revision of ''Melomys'' (Rodentia: Muridae) of New Guinea. ''Australian Journal of Zoology'', 44(4): 367–426.
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Rodent genera
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