Leptomys

Leptomys; Temporal range: Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ 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:	Leptomys; Thomas, 1897
Species
	5, see text
	Distribution map of species of Leptomys on New Guinea

Leptomys is a genus of rodent endemic to New Guinea. It is considered part of the New Guinea Old Endemics, meaning it was part of the first wave of murine rodents to colonize the island.

Species[]

Leptomys arfakensis Musser, Helgen & Lunde, 2008
Long-footed water rat, Leptomys elegans
Ernst Mayr's water rat, Leptomys ernstmayri
Leptomys paulus Musser, Helgen & Lunde, 2008
Fly River water rat, Leptomys signatus

References[]

Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Musser G.G., Helgen K.M., and Lunde D.P. 2008. Systematic review of New Guinea Leptomys (Muridae, Murinae) with descriptions of two new species. AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES, 3624:1-60.

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