Lesser small-toothed rat

Lesser small-toothed rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Macruromys
Species: M. elegans
Binomial name
Macruromys elegans
Stein, 1933

The lesser small-toothed rat or western small-toothed rat (Macruromys elegans) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in West Papua, Indonesia.

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