Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat

Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat
Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Melomys
Species: M. burtoni
Binomial name
Melomys burtoni
(Ramsay, 1887)

The Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat, or Grassland Melomys (Melomys burtoni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. ^ Aplin, K., Dickman, C., Helgen, K., Winter, J., Ellis, M. & Burbidge, A. (2008). Pseudocheirus occidentalis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 October 2008.)