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Melomys
Temporal range: Pleistocene to RecentMelomys cervinipes Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Subfamily: Murinae Genus: Melomys
Thomas, 1922Species Melomys aerosus
Melomys arcium
Melomys bannisteri
Melomys bougainville
Melomys burtoni
Melomys capensis
Melomys caurinus
Melomys cervinipes
Melomys cooperae
Melomys dollmani
Melomys fraterculus
Melomys frigicola
Melomys fulgens
Melomys howi
Melomys leucogaster
Melomys lutillus
Melomys matambuai
Melomys obiensis
Melomys paveli
Melomys rubicola
Melomys rufescens
Melomys spechti
Melomys talaudiumMelomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species:
- Dusky Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys aerosus)
- Rossel Island Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys arcium)
- Bannister's Rat (Great Key Island Mosaic-tailed Rat) (Melomys bannisteri)
- Bougainville Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys bougainville)
- Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys burtoni)
- Cape York Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys capensis)
- Short-tailed Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys caurinus)
- Fawn-footed Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys cervinipes)
- Yamdena Island Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys cooperae)
- Dollman's Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys dollmani)
- Manusela Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys fraterculus)
- Snow Mountains Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys frigicola)
- Seram Long-tailed Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys fulgens)
- Riama Island Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys howi)
- White-bellied Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys leucogaster)
- Papua Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys lutillus)
- Manus Island Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys matambuai)
- Obi Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys obiensis)
- Pavel's Seram Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys paveli)
- Bramble Cay Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys rubicola)
- Black-tailed Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys rufescens)
- Buka Island Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys spechti)
- Long-tailed Talaud Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys talaudium)
References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.