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Melomys rubicola (Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Bramble Cay melomys, or Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys rubicola), was a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It was similar to the Cape York melomys except that it had some protein differences and a coarser tail caused by elevated scales. It was prominent in herd-fields and strandline vegetation where it built burrows.
View Wikipedia Record: Melomys rubicola

Endangered Species

Status: Extinct
View IUCN Record: Melomys rubicola

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
62
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.47
EDGE Score: 4.78
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  100 grams
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [3]  5 months 22 days
Gestation [3]  38 days
Litter Size [3]  2
Litters / Year [3]  1
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [3]  6 inches (15 cm)

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Bramble Cay Australia    

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Felisa A. Smith, S. Kathleen Lyons, S. K. Morgan Ernest, Kate E. Jones, Dawn M. Kaufman, Tamar Dayan, Pablo A. Marquet, James H. Brown, and John P. Haskell. 2003. Body mass of late Quaternary mammals. Ecology 84:3403
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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