Paramelomys

Paramelomys is a genus of rodent. All of the nine species of the genus are found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Paramelomys
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Hydromyini
Genus:	Paramelomys Rümmler, 1936
Type species
Uromys levipes

Species

• Paramelomys gressitti
• Paramelomys levipes
• Paramelomys lorentzii
• Paramelomys mollis
• Paramelomys moncktoni
• Paramelomys naso
• Paramelomys platyops
• Paramelomys rubex
• Paramelomys steini

References

• Menzies, J.I. 1996: A systematic revision of Melomys (Rodentia: Muridae) of New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology, 44(4): 367–426. doi:10.1071/ZO9960367
• Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.