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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Macruromys
SPECIES Macruromys elegans
| Author: | Stein, 1933. | | Citation: | Z. Säugetierk., 8: 95. | | Common Name: | Lesser Macruromys | | Type Locality: | New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Weyland Range, Mt Kunupi, 1400-1800 m. | | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality. | | Status: | IUCN – Critically Endangered. | | Comments: | Possibly endemic to Weyland Range. Still represented only by the type series, three females and a male collected in October, 1931 (Flannery, 1995a). |
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