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New Guinea Tree Mice
Pogonomys
Pogonomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae, found in New Guinea and the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, with one species (the prehensile-tailed rat) being found also in Australia.
Species include:
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Chestnut Tree Mouse
speciesPogonomys macrourus

Gray-bellied Tree Mouse
speciesPogonomys sylvestris

Loria’s Pogonomys
speciesPogonomys loriae
Champion's Tree Mouse
speciesPogonomys championi
D’entrecasteaux Archipelago Pogonomys
speciesPogonomys fergussoniensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45151.