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Mallomys
Sign in to saveMallomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. The name of the genus is formed from the Greek μαλλός, mallos, wool, and μῦς, mus, mouse/rat. These very large rats weigh between and are native to highlands in New Guinea. Little is known about their behavior, but they are believed to feed on leaves, grasses and other plant material.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyMuridae
滑尾鼠屬（Mallomys），哺乳綱、囓齒目、鼠科的一屬，而與滑尾鼠屬（滑尾鼠）同科的動物尚有熔岩鼠屬（熔岩鼠）、瑪氏鼠屬（小瑪氏鼠）、非洲潭鼠屬（潭鼠）、小齒鼠屬（雅小齒鼠）等之數種哺乳動物。
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- Specimen records
- 15
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Muridae
- Collections
- USNM, AMNH, BPBM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea
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Mallomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. The name of the genus is formed from the Greek μαλλός, mallos, wool, and μῦς, mus, mouse/rat. These very large rats weigh between and are native to highlands in New Guinea. Little is known about their behavior, but they are believed to feed on leaves, grasses and other plant material.
It contains the following species: De Vis's woolly rat (Mallomys aroaensis) Alpine woolly rat (Mallomys gunung) Subalpine woolly rat (Mallomys istapantap) Rothschild's woolly rat (Mallomys rothschildi) Apparently undescribed species of Mallomys have been reported from the Foja Mountains in Northern West Papua, as well as within the crater of Mount Bosavi in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea.
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