Gray-bellied tree mouse

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Gray-bellied tree mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Pogonomys
Species:
P. sylvestris
Binomial name
Pogonomys sylvestris
Thomas, 1920

The gray-bellied tree mouse (Pogonomys sylvestris) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Papua New Guinea.

It is consumed by the Kalam people of Papua New Guinea, and is hunted by women who look for it in its burrows. [2]

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References

  1. Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Wright, D.; Helgen, K. & Aplin, K. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Pogonomys sylvestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T17885A115141693. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T17885A22431361.en . Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  2. Bulmer, RNH (1975). Kalam Classification Of Reptiles And Fishes. Journal of the Polynesian Society 84(3): 267–308.