Ernst Mayr's water rat

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Ernst Mayr's Water Rat
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L. ernstmayri
Binomial name
Leptomys ernstmayri
Rümmler, 1932
Distribution map of L. ernstmayri and other species of Leptomys on New Guinea

Ernst Mayr's Water Rat (Leptomys ernstmayri) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

References

  • Baillie, J. 1996. Leptomys ernstmayri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.