Gressitt's Paramelomys
Paramelomys gressitti Menzies, 1996
Also calledGressitt-Mosaikschwanzratte (deu) · Mélomys de Gressitt (fra) · paraszczurzynek dżunglowy (pol) · グレシットメロミスモドキ (jpn)
First described in: Aust. J. Zool. vol.44 p.407
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: Known only from 2300 m on Mt Kaindi and 2400 m on Mt Garaina (80 km from Mt Kaindi), both in Morobe Province. In addition to the five specimens in the type series listed by Menzies (1996: 407), five others have also been collected on Mt Kaindi (USNM 357443 - 357445, 357488, and 357489).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Wau region, near summit of Mt Kaindi, 2300 m.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Moist tropical mountain forest between 2300 m and 2400 m. Food and Feeding. No information. Breeding. No information. Activity patterns. Gressitt’s Mosaic-tailed Rat is terrestrial. Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Muridae
conservation
Status and Conservation. Classified as Endangered on The IUCN Red List owing to its small geographic range (less than 3500 km? *) and the destruction ofits habitat by mining and logging activities. The major threat to Gressitt’s Mosaic-tailed Rat is ongoing habitat degradation caused by nearby human populations; habitat on Mount Kandy has been destroyed by gold-miners and wood-cutters.
Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4264866.