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Lorentz's mosaic-tailed rat

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Lorentz's mosaic-tailed rat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Paramelomys
Species:
P. lorentzii
Binomial name
Paramelomys lorentzii
(Jentink, 1908)

Lorentz's mosaic-tailed rat (Paramelomys lorentzii) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The rat is named after Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz, a Dutch explorer who passed through Lorentz National Park on his 1909–10 expedition.

According to the Kalam people of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, it helps spread karuka seeds.[2]

Names

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It is known as mug or moys in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Wright, D.; Aplin, K.; Helgen, K. (2008). "Paramelomys lorentzii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T13125A3411727. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T13125A3411727.en.
  2. ^ a b Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.