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{{Short description|Species of rodent}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Speciesbox
| image =
| status = EN
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Helgen, K. |author2=Aplin, K. |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |title=Paulamys naso |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/16426/0}}</ref>
| genus = Paulamys
| parent_authority = [[Guy Musser|Musser]], 1986
| display_parents = 2
| species = naso
| authority = ([[Guy Musser|Musser]], 1981)
}}
'''''Paulamys''''' is a [[genus]] of rat. Its only known member is '''''Paulamys naso''''' a species [[endemism|endemic]] to [[Flores|Flores Island]], [[Indonesia]].<ref name=iucn/> ''Paulamys naso'' was first described from [[subfossil]] fragments collected in the 1950s by [[Theodor Verhoeven]] and was named ''Floresomys naso'' by [[Guy Musser]] in 1981.<ref name=geer>Alexandra van der Geer, George Lyras, John de Vos, Michael Dermitzakis, [https://books.google.com/books?id=JmSsNuwMAxgC&q=%22van+der+geer%22+%22paulamys%22 Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands], John Wiley & Sons, Feb 14, 2011</ref> Since ''Floresomys'' was preoccupied, Musser changed the name to ''Paulamys'', after Verhoeven's life partner Paula Hamerlinck.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&pg=PA311 Paula] in Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins & Michael Grayson ''The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals'', JHU Press, 2009. Page 311.</ref> A living specimen was reported from the [[montane forest]] of western Flores in 1989.<ref name=geer/> It is recorded as common between 1,000 and 2,000 m above sea level on the volcanic mountain Gunung Ranakah, but is believed to be threatened by [[habitat destruction]].<ref name="iucn" /> It is thought to prefer closed habitats.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Veatch |first=E. Grace |last2=Tocheri |first2=Matthew W. |last3=Sutikna |first3=Thomas |last4=McGrath |first4=Kate |last5=Wahyu Saptomo |first5=E. |last6=Jatmiko |last7=Helgen |first7=Kristofer M. |date=May 2019 |title=Temporal shifts in the distribution of murine rodent body size classes at Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) reveal new insights into the paleoecology of Homo floresiensis and associated fauna |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0047248418302239 |journal=Journal of Human Evolution |language=en |volume=130 |pages=45–60 |doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.02.002|doi-access=free |hdl=2440/121139 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
The genera ''[[Papagomys]]'', ''[[Komodomys]]'' and ''Paulamys'' are closer related to each other than to other murids, suggesting an adaptive radiation.<ref>{{MSW3 Muroidea | id =  | page = }}</ref> It is a relatively small-sized species, with a body mass of around {{Convert|100-200|g|lb}} It is suggested to be an omnivore, consuming fungus and invertebrates, and to engage in burrowing.<ref name=":0" />
== References ==
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{{Murinae (Rattus)}}
{{Myomorpha|E.|state=collapsed}}
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[[Category:Old World rats and mice]]
[[Category:Mammals of Indonesia]]
[[Category:Mammals described in 1981]]
[[Category:Rodents of Flores]]
[[Category:Monotypic rodent genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Guy Musser]]
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