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{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Pogonomys
| authority = [[Henri Milne-Edwards|Milne-Edwards]], 1877
| type_species = ''[[Chestnut tree mouse|Mus (Pogonomys) macrourus]]''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
''[[Pogonomys championi]]''<br>
''[[Pogonomys fergussoniensis]]''<br>
''[[Pogonomys loriae]]''<br>
''[[Pogonomys macrourus]]''<br>
''[[Pogonomys mollipilosus]]''<br>
''[[Pogonomys sylvestris]]''
}}

[[File:Pogonomys_macrourus_33038053.jpg | thumb | right | Chestnut tree mouse (Pogonomys macrourus)]]
'''''Pogonomys''''' is a [[genus]] of [[rodent]] in the family [[Muridae]], found in [[New Guinea]] and the [[D'Entrecasteaux Islands]], with one species (the [[prehensile-tailed rat]]) being found also in [[Australia]].

Species include:

* [[Champion's tree mouse]] (''Pogonomys championi'')
* [[D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago pogonomys]] (''Pogonomys fergussoniensis'')
* [[Large tree mouse]] (''Pogonomys loriae'')
* [[Chestnut tree mouse]] (''Pogonomys macrourus'')
* [[Prehensile-tailed rat]] (''Pogonomys mollipilosus'')
* [[Gray-bellied tree mouse]] (''Pogonomys sylvestris'')

==References==
*{{MSW3 Muroidea | id =13001672}}

{{Murinae (Pogonomys–Pseudomys)}}
{{Myomorpha|E.|state=collapsed}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q516305}}

[[Category:Pogonomys| ]]
[[Category:Rodent genera]]
[[Category:Mammals of Papua New Guinea]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Henri Milne-Edwards]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
[[Category:Rodents of New Guinea]]


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