New Guinean jumping mouse

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New Guinean jumping mouse
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Hydromyini
Genus: Lorentzimys
Jentink, 1911
Species:
L. nouhuysi
Binomial name
Lorentzimys nouhuysi
Jentink, 1911

The New Guinean jumping mouse (Lorentzimys nouhuysi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

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References

  1. Baillie, J. 1996. Lorentzimys nouhuysi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.