Lesser Macruromys

Lesser MacruromysThis rodent is recorded from New Guinea. Tate’s original description gives the type skin as dark above, grayish white below, with a dark upper tail and white underside.What does it look like?Tate described the type skin as fuscous brown above and white below with gray hair bases. The tail was dark above and white below.How does it live?This rodent is recorded from New Guinea. Tate’s original description gives the type skin as dark above, grayish white below, with a dark upper tail and white underside.A 2005 Papua New Guinea HCVF toolkit lists the species among mammals of the Central Range montane rain forests. This is an ecoregion-level association, not a site-level observation or a behavior record.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.