The Arfak water rat (Leptomys arfakensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae that is found in the Arfak Mountains of West Papua, Indonesia. Musser, Helgen and Lunde described it in 2008 in a systematic review of the New Guinea water rats of the genus Leptomys, which named two new species. Its type locality is the Arfak Mountains of the Vogelkop, or Bird's Head, Peninsula of western New Guinea, at an altitude of about 1,000 metres. The Mammal Diversity Database lists it as a living species in the Australasian realm and gives its IUCN Red List status as Not Evaluated.
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It is found in the Arfak Mountains of West Papua, Indonesia.
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It is found in the Arfak Mountains of West Papua, Indonesia.
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is a species of rodent in the family of Muridae.
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is a species of rodent in the family of Muridae.
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