Gressitt's mosaic-tailed rat

Gressitt's mosaic-tailed rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Paramelomys
Species: P. gressitti
Binomial name
Paramelomys gressitti
(Menzies, 1996)

Gressitt's mosaic-tailed rat (Paramelomys gressitti) is a species of rodent native to Papua New Guinea. Ongoing habitat degradation is a major threat.

References

  1. Helgen, K.; Leary, T.; Wright, D. (2016). "Paramelomys gressitti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T136701A22408955. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
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