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Long-nosed Paramelomys
Paramelomys naso
The long-nosed paramelomys (Paramelomys naso) is a species of rodent of the family Muridae which is endemic to New Guinea. It is found in the lowlands of the south of the country.
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Description
P. naso has a head and body length of 168–188 mm; its tail is between 121–132 mm. The fur is short and smooth, upper parts are brown, the dorsal part of the head is grey and the ventral parts are grey/white. The tail is black with one hair per tail scale.
Wikipedia: “Appearance”
Range & habitat
The species is common throughout south and west-central New Guinea in Papua Province, and on Wokam Island in the Aru Islands. It lives in subtropical/tropical lowland forest up to an altitude of 1000 m.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
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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 74840.