Bougainville Mosaic-tailed Rat

Bougainville Mosaic-tailed Rat
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Melomys
Species:	M. bougainville
Binomial name
Melomys bougainville Troughton, 1936

The Bougainville Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys bougainville) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Papua New Guinea.

References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Melomys bougainville. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
• Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.