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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentiaa
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Hydromyini
Genus: Paramelomys
Species (9): P. gressitti – P. levipes – P. lorentzii – P. mollis – P. moncktoni – P. naso – P. platyops – P. rubex – P. steini
Name

Paramelomys Rümmler, 1936: 248

Type species: Uromys levipes Thomas, 1897, by original designation.
References
Primary references

Rümmler, H. 1936. Die formen der papuanischen Muridengattung Melomys. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 11: 247–253. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Menzies, J.I. 1996. A systematic revision of Melomys (Rodentia: Muridae) of New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology 44(4): 367–426. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9960367 Reference page.

Links

Paramelomys in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.


Paramelomys is a genus of rodent. All of the nine species of the genus are found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Species

Paramelomys gressitti
Paramelomys levipes
Paramelomys lorentzii
Paramelomys mollis
Paramelomys moncktoni
Paramelomys naso
Paramelomys platyops
Paramelomys rubex
Paramelomys steini

References
Menzies, J.I. 1996: A systematic revision of Melomys (Rodentia: Muridae) of New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology, 44(4): 367–426. doi:10.1071/ZO9960367
Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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