Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat

The long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat or Papuan lowland paramelomys (Paramelomys levipes) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Papua New Guinea.

Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Paramelomys
Species:	P. levipes
Binomial name
Paramelomys levipes (Thomas, 1897)