Paramelomys platyops

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Melomys platyops.

Sumber: Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

Distribution: New Guinea, throughout lowlands and mid-mountain altitudes on the mainland except seasonally dry savanna forests of the southern lowlands; altitudinal range from sea level to 1500 m. Also occurs on islands of Yapen and Biak in Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya); New Britain in the Bismarck Arch.; and the islands of Normanby, Fergusson, and Goodenough in the D'Entrecasteaux Arch. (Flannery, 1995 a; Menzies, 1996; specimens in AMNH).

Sumber: Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

Habitat. Disturbed habitats in lowland forest, from sea level to 1200 m.

Sumber: Muridae

Movements, Home range and Social organization. Individuals have been observed foraging on ground litter and also in small trees less than 2 m high.

Sumber: Muridae

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Common Lowland Mosaic-tailed Rat is widespread and adapts to anthropogenic habitats. It is reasonably common in many parts ofits range.

Sumber: Muridae

Descriptive notes. Head-body 130 - 155 mm, tail 105 - 125 mm, ear 15 - 19 mm, hindfoot 27 - 29 mm; weight 65 - 102 g. The Common Lowland Mosaic-tailed Rat has a silvergray dense dorsal pelage and a paler gray ventral one. The naked tail is grayish black; it is shorter than head-body length, and there is one hair per tail scale. Females bear two pairs of mammae.

Sumber: Muridae