Black-footed Tree-rat

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iBlack-footed Tree-rat

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Mesembriomys
Species: M. gouldii
Binomial name
Mesembriomys gouldii
Gray, 1843
Synonyms

Hapalotis hirsutus

The Black-footed Tree-rat is one of two endemic arboreal rat species from the genus Mesembriomys found in Australia.

The species is one of the largest murids found in Australia. It is a folivore and frugivore and its diet may be supplemented by invertebrates such as termites and molluscs.