Ernst Mayr's Leptomys

Ernst Mayr's LeptomysA Leptomys rodent of New Guinea’s mountains. Compared with the related L. elegans, it is smaller-bodied and has a much longer tail relative to its body.What does it look like?Compared with L. elegans, it is smaller-bodied and has a much longer tail relative to head-and-body length.How does it live?A Leptomys rodent of New Guinea’s mountains. Compared with the related L. elegans, it is smaller-bodied and has a much longer tail relative to its body.It is terrestrial and lives in mountain rain forest. Stomach samples from one locality contained arthropods such as insects and fungal hyphae.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.