Gray-bellied tree mouse

{{short description|Species of mammal}}

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| status = LC| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Leary, T. |author2= Singadan, R.|author3= Menzies, J.|author4= Wright, D.|author5= Helgen, K. |author6= Aplin, K. |name-list-style=amp |year= 2016 |title= Pogonomys sylvestris |errata= 2017 |page= e.T17885A115141693 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T17885A22431361.en|access-date=12 March 2023}}

| genus = Pogonomys

| species = sylvestris

| authority = Thomas, 1920

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The gray-bellied tree mouse (Pogonomys sylvestris) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is found only in Papua New Guinea.

It is consumed by the Kalam people of Papua New Guinea, and is hunted by women who look for it in its burrows.Bulmer, RNH (1975). [http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_84_1975/Volume_84%2C_No._3/Kalam_classification_of_reptiles_and_fishes%2C_by_R._N._H._Bulmer%2C_J._I._Menzies_and_F._Parker%2C_p_267-308/p1 Kalam Classification Of Reptiles And Fishes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201112852/http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_84_1975/Volume_84%2C_No._3/Kalam_classification_of_reptiles_and_fishes%2C_by_R._N._H._Bulmer%2C_J._I._Menzies_and_F._Parker%2C_p_267-308/p1 |date=2020-12-01 }}. Journal of the Polynesian Society 84(3): 267–308.