Prehensile-tailed rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Superfamily: | Muroidea |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Pogonomys |
Species: | P. mollipilosus |
Binomial name | |
Pogonomys mollipilosus Peters & Doria, 1881 |
The prehensile-tailed rat (Pogonomys mollipilosus) is a species of rodent that can be found in New Guinea and Australia where it occurs in the tropical rainforest of Queensland.