Lorentz's mosaic-tailed rat

Lorentz's mosaic-tailed rat (Paramelomys lorentzii) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae that lives on the island of New Guinea and has been recorded in West Papua in Indonesia and in Papua New Guinea. It is named after Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz, a Dutch explorer who passed through Lorentz National Park on his expedition of 1909 and 1910. Mammal handbooks describe a medium-sized Paramelomys with soft gray-brown fur, a paler whitish belly, a dark eye-ring, long whiskers and a dark tail that is shorter than the head and body. It lives in lowland and gallery forest from sea level to about 1,500 metres and is widespread, so the IUCN Red List classifies it as Least Concern. According to the Kalam people of Madang Province, it helps spread karuka seeds, and they know it as mug or moys.