Prehensile-tailed rat
| Prehensile-tailed rat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Pogonomys |
| Species: | P. mollipilosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pogonomys mollipilosus | |
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]
References
- ^ 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.