Paraleptomys is a genus of rodents from New Guinea. It is considered part of the New Guinea Old Endemics,[1] meaning it was part of the first wave of murine rodents to colonize the island. Members of the genus are similar to those in Leptomys but differ in that they do not have elongated hind feet or a third molar.[citation needed] Little is known of the two species' biology.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Paraleptomys Tate & Archbold, 1941 |
| Type species | |
| Paraleptomys wilhelmina | |
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| Distribution map on New Guinea | |
Species
edit- Genus Paraleptomys
- Northern water rat (Paraleptomys rufilatus) - Found in the Cyclops mountains of north-central New Guinea[2]
- Short-haired water rat (Paraleptomys wilhelmina) - found in western and central New Guinea
References
edit- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Nowak (1983). Walkers Mammals.[full citation needed]
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