White-bellied moss mouse

The white-bellied moss mouse, Pseudohydromys sandrae, is a small mouse of the family Muridae that is endemic to Papua New Guinea, meaning it is found nowhere else. It is a recently described species: it was first described scientifically in 2009, with Helgen and L. Helgen credited as the authors in the GBIF taxonomic backbone. The type specimen, the individual on which the formal description rests, was an adult male found at an elevation of between 800 and 850 metres in Southern Highlands Province. The short account available names that type locality and little else, so the animal's habits, diet and population are not described in the sources used for this entry.