''Mirzamys'' 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: * Mirza's western moss rat (''Mirzamys louiseae'') * Mirza's eastern moss rat (''Mirzamys norahae'')

References

*http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/582-8.1 {{Taxonbar, from=Q384455 Rodent genera Endemic fauna of New Guinea