Mirza's western moss rat

Mirzamys louiseae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Mirzamys
Species:	M. louiseae
Binomial name
*Mirzamys louiseae* Helgen & Helgen, 2009

Mirza's western moss rat (Mirzamys louiseae) is a species of rodent endemic to Papua New Guinea.

References

Helgen, K.M.; Helgen, L.E. 2009: Biodiversity and biogeography of the moss-mice of New Guinea: a taxonomic revision of Pseudohydromys (Muridae: Murinae). pp. 230–313 in Voss, R.S. & Carleton, M.D. (eds.) Systematic mammalogy: contributions in honor of Guy G. Musser. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, (331)

Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Others)

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordate Class: Mammalia Superorder: Euarchontoglires Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae

Mirzamys	Mirza's western moss rat (M. louiseae) Mirza's eastern moss rat (M. norahae)

Musseromys	Banahaw tree mouse

See also Aethomys–Chrotomys Colomys–Golunda Hadromys–Maxomys Melasmothrix–Mus Oenomys–Pithecheir Pogonomys–Pseudomys Rattus Stenocephalomys–Xeromys Otomys

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