Prehensile-tailed rat

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The prehensile-tailed rat (Pogonomys mollipilosus) is a species of rodent that can be found in New Guinea and Australia; it occurs in the tropical rainforest of Queensland.[1]

Prehensile-tailed rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Pogonomys
Species:
P. mollipilosus
Binomial name
Pogonomys mollipilosus
Peters & Doria, 1881

References

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  1. ^ Calaby, J. H., and A. K. Lee. "The rare and endangered rodents of the Australasian region." Rodents: A World Survey of Species of Conservation Concern’.(Ed. WZ Lidicker, Jr.) pp (1989): 53–57.