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''Mallomys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. The name of the genus is formed from the Greek μαλλός, ''mallos'', wool, and μῦς, ''mus'', mouse/rat. These very large rats weigh between and are native to highlands in New Guinea.〔Flannery, T. (1995). Mammals of New Guinea. Pp. 284-291. ISBN 0-7301-0411-7〕 Little is known about their behavior, but they are believed to feed on leaves, grasses and other plant material.〔 It contains the following species: * De Vis's Woolly Rat (''Mallomys aroaensis'') * Alpine Woolly Rat (''Mallomys gunung'') * Subalpine Woolly Rat (''Mallomys istapantap'') * Rothschild's Woolly Rat (''Mallomys rothschildi'') * Bosavi Woolly Rat (''Mallomys'' sp. nov.)〔BBC News 2009-09-06: Giant rat found in 'lost volcano' http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8210000/8210394.stm〕 * Arfak Woolly Rat (''Mallomys'' sp. nov.) * Foja Woolly Rat (''Mallomys'' sp. nov.) Conservation International (CI) and the Indonesia Institute of Science (LIPI) discovered two possibly undescribed mammals upon visit of the Foja Mountains in June 2007: a ''Cercartetus'' pygmy possum, one of the world's smallest marsupials, and a ''Mallomys'' giant rat (five times the size of a Brown Rat) - found in Indonesia's Papua in 2005.〔( Afp.google.com, Two new mammals found in Indonesian 'lost world': green group )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mallomys」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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