Red-bellied Mosaic-tailed Rat

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Red-bellied Mosaic-tailed Rat
Conservation status
Vulnerable
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 Muridae family. It is the only species in the genus Protochromys. It is found only in Papua New Guinea.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Melomys fellowsi. 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.