Bougainville Mosaic-tailed Rat

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Bougainville Mosaic-tailed Rat
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Melomys Species: M. bougainville
Binomial name
Melomys bougainville Troughton, 1936

The Bougainville Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys bougainville) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Papua New Guinea.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Melomys bougainville. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.