| Long-footed water rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Leptomys |
| Species: | L. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptomys elegans Thomas, 1897
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| Distribution map of L. elegans and other species of Leptomys on New Guinea: Leptomys elegans
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The long-footed water rat (Leptomys elegans) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in the mountains of southern Papua New Guinea.[2] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest.
- ^ Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D.; Allison, A.; Aplin, K.; Dickman, C. (2008). "Leptomys elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ^ Musser, Guy G.; Helgen, Kristofer M.; Lunde, Darrin P. (2008). "Systematic review of New Guinea Leptomys (Muridae, Murinae) with descriptions of two new species". American Museum Novitates (3624): 1–60. doi:10.1206/587.1. hdl:10088/7873. S2CID 31392723.