Bannister's Rat | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Melomys |
Species: | M. bannisteri |
Binomial name | |
Melomys bannisteri Kitchener & Maryanto, 1993 |
Bannister's Rat, or Great Key Island Mosaic-tailed Rat, or Great Key Island Melomys[2] or Great Kai Island Melomys[1] (Melomys bannisteri) is a species of rodent of the genus Melomys. It is endemic to the Kai Besar, one of the islands which are part of the Maluku Islands, Indonesia.[1]