Coccymys

Guinea - brushes rats ( Coccymys ) are a rodent species from the group of Altweltmäuse ( Murinae ). The genus includes four species, all of which are native to New Guinea.

This rat-like rodents reach a body length 10-12 centimeters, the tail is 14 to 17 inches long and the weight is 26 to 35 grams. The long, thick fur is brown on top and colored light gray on the belly. The head is rounded, hairy tail.

These animals live in New Guinea, their habitat is forests or grasslands in 1900-3600 meters above sea level, they can even live above the tree line. They usually stay on the ground and feed on pure vegetable of green plant material.

There are four types:

• White tooth - brush rat ( Coccymys albidens ( Tate, 1951) ) is known only from a few specimens were found in the 1930s in western New Guinea. The degree of hazard of this type is unclear.
• Rümmler brush rat ( Coccymys ruemmleri ( Tate & Archbold, 1941) ) is widely used in the highlands of New Guinea and not endangered according to IUCN information.
• Shaw -Mayer- brush rat ( Coccymys shawmayeri ( Hinton, 1943) )
• Coccymys kirrhos Musser & Lunde, 2009

Systematically is the genus of the Pogonomys group, a predominantly indigenous to New Guinea radiation of Altweltmäuse.