The gray-bellied tree mouse (Pogonomys sylvestris) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Papua New Guinea.
Gray-bellied tree mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Pogonomys |
Species: | P. sylvestris
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Binomial name | |
Pogonomys sylvestris Thomas, 1920
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It is consumed by the Kalam people of Papua New Guinea, and is hunted by women who look for it in its burrows.[2]
References
edit- ^ Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Wright, D.; Helgen, K. & Aplin, K. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Pogonomys sylvestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T17885A115141693. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T17885A22431361.en. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ Bulmer, RNH (1975). Kalam Classification Of Reptiles And Fishes Archived 2020-12-01 at the Wayback Machine. Journal of the Polynesian Society 84(3): 267–308.
- 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. 1443. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.