Cape York Melomys

Cape York Mosaic-tailed Rat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Melomys
Species:	M. capensis
Binomial name
Melomys capensis Tate, 1951

The Cape York Mosaic-tailed Rat, or Cape York Melomys (Melomys capensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Australia.

References

1. ^ Burnett, S. & Winter, J. (2008). Melomys capensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 October 2008.

• 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/browse.asp?id=13001501.