Fly River Water Rat

Taxobox
name = Fly River Water Rat
status = CR | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Leptomys"
species = "L. signatus"
binomial = "Leptomys signatus"
binomial_authority = Tate & Archbold, 1938
synonyms = The Fly River Water Rat ("Leptomys signatus") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It is found only in Papua New Guinea.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Baillie, J. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/11693/all Leptomys signatus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.