Mallomys
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Mallomys
Thomas, 1898
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Mallomys aroaensis |
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Mallomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae.[1] The name of the genus is formed from the Greek μαλλός, mallos, wool, and μῦς, mus, mouse/rat. These very large rats weigh between 0.95 and 2 kilograms (2.1 and 4.4 lb) and are native to highlands in New Guinea.[2] Little is known about their behavior, but they are believed to feed on leaves, grasses and other plant material.[2]
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)
- Bosavi Woolly Rat (Mallomys sp. nov.)[3]
- Arfak Woolly Rat (Mallomys sp. nov.)
- Foja Woolly Rat (Mallomys sp. nov.)
Conservation International (CI) and the Indonesia Institute of Science (LIPI) discovered two possibly undescribed mammals upon visit of the Foja Mountains in June 2007: a Cercartetus pygmy possum, one of the world's smallest marsupials, and a 1.4 kilograms (3.1 lb) Mallomys giant rat (five times the size of a Brown Rat) - found in Indonesia's Papua in 2005.[4]
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flannery, T. (1995). Mammals of New Guinea. Pp. 284-291. ISBN 0-7301-0411-7
- ↑ BBC News 2009-09-06: Giant rat found in 'lost volcano' http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8210000/8210394.stm
- ↑ Afp.google.com, Two new mammals found in Indonesian 'lost world': green group
