''Pogonomys'' 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, found in
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 ...
and the
D'Entrecasteaux Islands, with one species (the
Prehensile-tailed Rat) being found also in
Australia.
Species include:
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Champion's tree mouse (''Pogonomys championi'')
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D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago pogonomys (''Pogonomys fergussoniensis'')
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Large tree mouse (''Pogonomys loriae'')
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Chestnut tree mouse (''Pogonomys macrourus'')
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Prehensile-tailed rat (''Pogonomys mollipilosus'')
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Gray-bellied tree mouse (''Pogonomys sylvestris'')
References
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Rodent genera
Mammals of Papua New Guinea
Taxa named by Henri Milne-Edwards
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Rodents of New Guinea
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