Richardson's New Guinea Mountain Rat

Richardson's New Guinea Mountain RatRichardson's New Guinea mountain rat is known from the high Snow Mountains of western New Guinea. It has very dense fur, while its diet and breeding habits remain poorly documented.What does it look like?The back has very dense tawny-brown fur mixed with black hairs and reported to exceed about 17 mm. The underside is pale buff with gray bases.How does it live?Richardson's New Guinea mountain rat is known from the high Snow Mountains of western New Guinea. It has very dense fur, while its diet and breeding habits remain poorly documented.Specimens were collected at 3,225–4,050 m in 1938, and the handbook says the rat appears abundant in the Snow Mountains. Its feeding and reproductive habits are not known in the cited account.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.