Highland brush mouse

The highland brush mouse (Abeomelomys sevia), also called the Menzies' mouse, is a rodent in the family Muridae that lives only in the highlands of New Guinea, in Papua New Guinea. It is found in montane moss forests and in alpine zones above about 2,000 metres. It is the only species in the genus Abeomelomys, although earlier authors placed it in the genus Pogonomelomys, which is why older lists carry it as Pogonomelomys sevia. In the rodent family tree it belongs to the subfamily Murinae, the Old World rats and mice. In the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea the animal is called ymgenm, also written yamganm. The accounts available for this species are short and give no body size, diet or breeding details.