Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat

The long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat or Papuan lowland paramelomys (Paramelomys levipes) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Papua New Guinea.

Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Paramelomys
Species:	P. levipes
Binomial name
Paramelomys levipes (Thomas, 1897)

References

1. Helgen, K.; Leary, T.; Wright, D (2016). "Paramelomys levipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13124A22408756. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T13124A22408756.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1432. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.