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Species of rodent

Coccymys kirrhos
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Coccymys
Species:	C. kirrhos
Binomial name
*Coccymys kirrhos* Musser & Lunde, 2009

Coccymys kirrhos is a rodent in the family Muridae that is native to New Guinea. The species was described in 2009.

References

Guy G. Musser & Darrin P. Lunde (2009). "Systematic reviews of New Guinea Coccymys and "Melomys" albidens (Muridae, Murinae) with descriptions of new taxa". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 329: 1–139. doi:10.1206/635.1. hdl:2246/6033. S2CID 83872559.

Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Pogonomys–Pseudomys)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordate
Class: Mammalia
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae

Pogonomys
Division

Abeomelomys	Highland brush mouse (A. sevia)
Anisomys	Squirrel-toothed rat (A. imitator)
Brassomys	White-toothed brush mouse (B. albidens)
Chiruromys	Greater tree mouse (C. forbesi) Broad-headed tree mouse (C. lamia) Lesser tree mouse (C. vates)
Coccymys	C. kirrhos Rümmler's brush mouse (C. ruemmleri) C. shawmayeri
Hyomys (White-eared rats)	Western white-eared giant rat (H. dammermani) Eastern white-eared giant rat (H. goliath)
Macruromys (New Guinean rats)	Lesser small-toothed rat (M. elegans) Eastern small-toothed rat (M. major)
Mallomys (Giant tree rats)	De Vis's woolly rat (M. aroaensis) Alpine woolly rat (M. gunung) Subalpine woolly rat (M. istapantap) Rothschild's woolly rat (M. rothschildi) Bosavi woolly rat (M. sp. nov.) Arfak woolly rat (M. sp. nov.) Foja woolly rat (M. sp. nov.)
Mammelomys	Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat (M. lanosus) Large mosaic-tailed rat (M. rattoides)
Pogonomelomys (Rummler's mosaic tailed rats)	Grey pogonomelomys (P. brassi) Lowland brush mouse (P. bruijni) Shaw Mayer's brush mouse (P. mayeri)
Pogonomys (Prehensile-tailed rats)	Champion's tree mouse (P. championi) D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago pogonomys (P. fergussoniensis) Large tree mouse (P. loriae) Chestnut tree mouse (P. macrourus) Prehensile-tailed rat (P. mollipilosus) Gray-bellied tree mouse (P. sylvestris)
Xenuromys	Mimic tree rat (X. barbatus)

Pseudomys
Division

Conilurus	Brush-tailed rabbit rat (C. penicillatus)
Leggadina	Forrest's mouse (L. forresti) Lakeland Downs mouse (L. lakedownensis)
Leporillus (Australian stick-nest rats)	Greater stick-nest rat (L. conditor)
Mastacomys	Broad-toothed mouse (M. fuscus)
Mesembriomys (Tree rats)	Black-footed tree-rat (M. gouldii) Golden-backed tree-rat (M. macrurus)
Notomys (Australian hopping mice)	Spinifex hopping mouse (N. alexis) Northern hopping mouse (N. aquilo) Fawn hopping mouse (N. cervinus) Dusky hopping mouse (N. fuscus) Mitchell's hopping mouse (N. mitchellii)
Pseudomys (Australian native mice)	Ash-grey mouse (P. albocinereus) Silky mouse (P. apodemoides) Plains rat (P. australis) Bolam's mouse (P. bolami) Kakadu pebble-mound mouse (P. calabyi) Western pebble-mound mouse (P. chapmani) Little native mouse (P. delicatulus) Desert mouse (P. desertor) Smoky mouse (P. fumeus) Gould's mouse (P. gouldii) Eastern chestnut mouse (P. gracilicaudatus) Sandy inland mouse (P. hermannsburgensis) Long-tailed mouse (P. higginsi) Central pebble-mound mouse (P. johnsoni) Western chestnut mouse (P. nanus) New Holland mouse (P. novaehollandiae) Western mouse (P. occidentalis) Hastings River mouse (P. oralis) Country mouse (P. patrius) Pilliga mouse (P. pilligaensis) Heath mouse (P. shortridgei)
Zyzomys (Thick-tailed rats)	Common rock rat (Z. argurus) Arnhem Land rock rat (Z. maini) Carpentarian rock rat (Z. palatalis) Central rock rat (Z. pedunculatus) Kimberley rock rat (Z. woodwardi)

See also: Aethomys–Chrotomys; Colomys–Golunda; Hadromys–Maxomys; Melasmothrix–Mus; Oenomys–Pithecheir; Rattus; Stenocephalomys–Xeromys; Otomys; Others

Taxon identifiers
Coccymys kirrhos	Wikidata: Q3681937 Wikispecies: Coccymys kirrhos CoL: WMTX GBIF: 8280801 ITIS: 972537 IUCN: 112391705 MDD: 1003167

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