Papuan Protochromys

Papuan ProtochromysThis small murine rodent lives in mossy forests in the central highlands of New Guinea. Its reported abundance varies among sites, and the Kaijende Highlands survey did not encounter it.What does it look like?The survey account describes this species as a small murine rodent. It gives size as the only general external feature.How does it live?This small murine rodent lives in mossy forests in the central highlands of New Guinea. Its reported abundance varies among sites, and the Kaijende Highlands survey did not encounter it.It inhabits mossy forest. Some earlier sites reported it as common, while the Kaijende Highlands survey did not find it.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.