Red-bellied Mosaic-tailed Rat

Red-bellied Mosaic-tailed Rat
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Genus:	Protochromys Menzies, 1996
Species:	P. fellowsi
Binomial name
Protochromys fellowsi (Hinton, 1943)

The Red-bellied Mosaic-tailed Rat (Protochromys fellowsi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Protochromys. It is found only in Papua New Guinea.

References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Melomys fellowsi. 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.