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White-bellied moss mouse

The white-bellied moss mouse is a species of mouse endemic to Papua New Guinea. It was first described in 2009. The type specimen was an adult male found between 800 and 850 m, in Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.

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White-bellied moss mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Pseudohydromys
Species:
P. sandrae
Binomial name
Pseudohydromys sandrae
Helgen & Helgen, 2009

The white-bellied moss mouse (Pseudohydromys sandrae) is a species of mouse endemic to Papua New Guinea. It was first described in 2009.1 The type specimen was an adult male found between 800 and 850 m, in Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.

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References

  1. Helgen, Kristofer M.; Helgen, Lauren E. (2009). "Biodiversity and Biogeography of the Moss-Mice of New Guinea: A Taxonomic Revision of Pseudohydromys (Muridae: Murinae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 331: 230–313. doi:10.1206/582-8.1. S2CID 21646409.
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