Lorentz's mosaic-tailed rat (Redirected from Paramelomys lorentzii)

Lorentz's mosaic-tailed rat
Scientific classification
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.

Names

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



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