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Melomys (banana rats and mosaic-tailed rat)

Wikipedia Abstract

Melomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species: \n* Dusky mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys aerosus) \n* Rossel Island mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys arcium) \n* Bannister's rat (Melomys bannisteri) \n* Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys bougainville) \n* Grassland mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys burtoni) \n* Cape York mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys capensis) \n* Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys cervinipes) \n* Yamdena mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys cooperae) \n* Dollman's mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys dollmani) \n* Manusela mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys fraterculus) \n* Snow Mountains grassland mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys frigicola) \n* Seram long-tailed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys fulgens) \n* Riama mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys howi) \n* White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat (M
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Species

Melomys aerosus (dusky mosaic-tailed rat) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Melomys arcium (Rossel Island melomys) (Attributes)
Melomys bannisteri (Great Kai Island Melomys) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Melomys bougainville (Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat) (Attributes)
Melomys burtoni (grassland mosaic-tailed rat) (Attributes)
Melomys capensis (Cape York mosaic-tailed rat) (Attributes)
Melomys caurinus (short-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat) (Endangered)
Melomys cervinipes (fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat) (Attributes)
Melomys cooperae (Yamdena mosaic-tailed rat) (Attributes)
Melomys dollmani (Dollman’s Melomys) (Attributes)
Melomys fraterculus (Manusela mosaic-tailed rat) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Melomys frigicola (Snow Mountains grassland mosaic-tailed rat) (Attributes)
Melomys fulgens (Seram long-tailed mosaic-tailed rat) (Attributes)
Melomys howi (Riama mosaic-tailed rat) (Attributes)
Melomys leucogaster (white-bellied mosaic-tailed rat) (Attributes)
Melomys lutillus (Papua grassland mosaic-tailed rat) (Attributes)
Melomys matambuai (Manus Melomys) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Melomys obiensis (Obi mosaic-tailed rat) (Attributes)
Melomys paveli (Pavel's Seram mosaic-tailed rat) (Attributes)
Melomys rubicola (Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat) (Extinct) (Attributes)
Melomys rufescens (black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat) (Attributes)
Melomys spechti (Specht's mosaic-tailed rat) (Attributes)
Melomys talaudium (Long-tailed Talaud Melomys) (Endangered) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0