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Chiruromys

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Characteristics
Classification
Species
References

{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = Recent
| taxon = Chiruromys
| authority = Thomas, 1888
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =Chiruromys forbesi
Chiruromys lamia
Chiruromys vates
}}

Chiruromys is a genus of Old World mouse that is restricted to New Guinea and the nearby islands of Goodenough, Fergusson, and Normanby.

Characteristics

These are small arboreal rats with long tails. Head and body is 8.4-17.5 cm, tail is 12.8-24.5 cm, and weight is 23-122 grams (Nowak, 1999). The fur is grey to brown above with a white belly. They are restricted to forests where they spend all of their time in the canopy. They live in groups usually consisting of a breeding pair and their offspring (usually one to three) (Nowak, 1999).

Classification

Musser and Carleton (2005) considered Chiruromys to be a member of the Pogonomys Division within the Murinae along with the genera Pogonomys, Hyomys, Macruromys, Mallomys, Coccymys, and Anisomys. It is considered a New Guinea Old Endemic, part of the initial wave of murines colonizing the island.

Species

Genus Chiruromys

Greater tree mouse, Chiruromys forbesi
Lamia, Chiruromys lamia
Lesser tree mouse, Chiruromys vates

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.
Nowak, Ronald M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1936 pp. {{ISBN|0-8018-5789-9}}

4 : Chiruromys|Mammals of Papua New Guinea|Rodent genera|Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas

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