Coccymys kirrhos

Coccymys kirrhos is a rodent in the family Muridae that is native to New Guinea. The species was described in 2009.[1]

Coccymys kirrhos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Coccymys
Species:
C. kirrhos
Binomial name
Coccymys kirrhos
Musser & Lunde, 2009

References
  1. Guy G. Musser & Darrin P. Lunde (2009). "Systematic reviews of New Guinea Coccymys and "Melomys" albidens (Muridae, Murinae) with descriptions of new taxa". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 329: 1–139. doi:10.1206/635.1. hdl:2246/6033.


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