Leptomys
Leptomys is a genus of rodent from New Guinea. It is considered part of the New Guinea Old Endemics, meaning it was part of the first wave of murine rodents to colonize the island.
Species
Leptomys arfakensis Musser, Helgen & Lunde, 2008
Long-footed water rat, Leptomys elegans
Ernst Mayr's water rat, Leptomys ernstmayri
Leptomys paulus Musser, Helgen & Lunde, 2008
Fly River water rat, Leptomys signatus
References
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.
Musser G.G., Helgen K.M., and Lunde D.P. 2008. Systematic review of New Guinea Leptomys (Muridae, Murinae) with descriptions of two new species. AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES, 3624:1-60.
