Biology:Pogonomys

Short description: Genus of rodents

Pogonomys Temporal range: Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Hydromyini
Genus:	Pogonomys Milne-Edwards, 1877
Type species
Mus (Pogonomys) macrourus
Species
Pogonomys championi Pogonomys fergussoniensis Pogonomys loriae Pogonomys macrourus Pogonomys mollipilosus Pogonomys sylvestris

Pogonomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae, found in New Guinea and the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, with one species (the Prehensile-tailed Rat) being found also in Australia .

Species include:

• Champion's tree mouse (Pogonomys championi)
• D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago pogonomys (Pogonomys fergussoniensis)
• Large tree mouse (Pogonomys loriae)
• Chestnut tree mouse (Pogonomys macrourus)
• Prehensile-tailed rat (Pogonomys mollipilosus)
• Gray-bellied tree mouse (Pogonomys sylvestris)

References

• Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001672. 

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