''Paraleptomys'' is a genus of rodent from

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 Torres ...

. It is considered part of the New Guinea Old Endemics, meaning it was part of the first wave of

murine rodent The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species. Members of this subfamily are called murines. In terms of species richness, this subfamily is larger than all mammal families excep ...

s to colonize the island. Members of the genus are similar to those in ''

Leptomys ''Leptomys'' is a genus of rodent endemic to New Guinea. It is considered part of the New Guinea Old Endemics, meaning it was part of the first wave of murine rodents to colonize the island. Leptomys are seen to have minimal adaptations to thei ...

'' but differ in that they do not have elongated hind feet or a third molar. Little is known of the two species' biology.

Species

*Genus ''Paraleptomys'' ** Northern water rat (''Paraleptomys rufilatus'') - Found in the Cyclops mountains of north-central New Guinea **

Short-haired water rat The short-haired water rat (''Paraleptomys wilhelmina'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu ...

(''Paraleptomys wilhelmina'') - found in western and central New Guinea

References

Rodent genera Taxa named by George Henry Hamilton Tate {{Murinae-stub