Paraleptomys

Paraleptomys is a genus of rodents from New Guinea. It is considered part of the New Guinea Old Endemics,^[1] meaning it was part of the first wave of murine rodents to colonize the island. Members of the genus are similar to those in Leptomys but differ in that they do not have elongated hind feet or a third molar.^{[citation needed]} Little is known of the two species' biology.

Paraleptomys
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Tribe:	Hydromyini
Genus:	Paraleptomys Tate & Archbold, 1941
Type species
Paraleptomys wilhelmina
Species
Paraleptomys rufilatus Paraleptomys wilhelmina
Distribution map on New Guinea

Species

• Genus Paraleptomys
  • Northern water rat (Paraleptomys rufilatus) - Found in the Cyclops mountains of north-central New Guinea^[2]
  • Short-haired water rat (Paraleptomys wilhelmina) - found in western and central New Guinea