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--> GENUS Paraleptomys
SPECIES Paraleptomys rufilatus
Author: | Osgood, 1945. | Citation: | Fieldiana Zool., 31: 1. | Common Name: | Northern Paraleptomys | Type Locality: | New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Cyclops Mtns, Mt Dafonsero, 4700 ft (1432 m). | Distribution: | NC New Guinea; known only from montane forest formations (1200-1800 m) on N coastal ranges in Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) on Mt. Dafonsero, Cyclops Mtns (Flannery, 1995a; Osgood, 1945) and adjacent Papua New Guinea on Mt. Somoro,Torricelli Mtns (Flannery, 1995a:253), and Mt. Menawa, Bewani Mtns (specimens in BBM, K. Helgen, pers. comm.). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | A distinct species (Flannery, 1990b; Osgood, 1945) that along with the murine Microhydromys musseri, monotreme Zaglossus attenboroughi, and marsupials Dendrolagus scottae and Petaurus abidi is endemic to the northern coastal ranges (Flannery, 1990b, 1995a). |
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