Melomys

Melomys Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent

Melomys cervinipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Genus:	Melomys Thomas, 1922
Species
Melomys aerosus Melomys arcium Melomys bannisteri Melomys bougainville Melomys burtoni Melomys capensis Melomys caurinus Melomys cervinipes Melomys cooperae Melomys dollmani Melomys fraterculus Melomys frigicola Melomys fulgens Melomys howi Melomys leucogaster Melomys lutillus Melomys matambuai Melomys obiensis Melomys paveli Melomys rubicola Melomys rufescens Melomys spechti Melomys talaudium

Melomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species:

Dusky mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys aerosus)
Rossel Island mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys arcium)
Bannister's rat (Melomys bannisteri)
Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys bougainville)
Grassland mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys burtoni)
Cape York mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys capensis)
Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys cervinipes)
Yamdena mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys cooperae)
Dollman's mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys dollmani)
Manusela mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys fraterculus)
Snow Mountains grassland mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys frigicola)
Seram long-tailed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys fulgens)
Riama mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys howi)
White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys leucogaster)
Papua grassland mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys lutillus)
Manus Island mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys matambuai)
Obi mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys obiensis)
Pavel's Seram mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys paveli)
Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys rubicola)
Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys rufescens)
Buka Island mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys spechti)
Short-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys caurinus)
Long-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys talaudium)

References

Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Stenocephalomys–Xeromys)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordate
Class: Mammalia
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae

Stenocephalomys
Division

Heimyscus

African smoky mouse (H. fumosus)

Hylomyscus
(African wood mice)

H. aeta group: Beaded wood mouse (H. aeta) Mount Oku hylomyscus (H. grandis

H. alleni group: Allen's wood mouse (H. alleni) Angolan wood mouse (H. carillus) Stella wood mouse (H. stella) Walter Verheyeni's mouse (H. walterverheyeni)

H. anselli group: Ansell's wood mouse (H. anselli) Arc Mountain wood mouse (H. arcimontensis)

H. baeri group: Baer's wood mouse (H. baeri)

H. denniae group: Montane wood mouse (H. denniae) H. endorobae H. vulcanorum

H. parvus group: Little wood mouse (H. parvus)

Mastomys
(Multimammate rats)

Myomyscus
(Multimammate rats)

Praomys
(African
soft-furred rats)

Stenocephalemys
(Ethiopian
narrow-headed rats)

Uromys Division

Melomys (Banana rats)	Dusky mosaic-tailed rat (M. aerosus) Rossel Island mosaic-tailed rat (M. arcium) Bannister's rat (M. bannisteri) Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat (M. bougainville) Grassland mosaic-tailed rat (M. burtoni) Cape York melomys (M. capensis) Short-tailed mosaic-tailed rat (M. caurinus) Fawn-footed melomys (M. cervinipes) Yamdena Island Mosaic-tailed Rat (M. cooperae) Dollman's mosaic-tailed rat (M. dollmani) Manusela mosaic-tailed rat (M. fraterculus) Snow Mountains Grassland mosaic-tailed rat (M. frigicola) Seram Long-tailed mosaic-tailed rat (M. fulgens) Riama Island mosaic-tailed rat (M. howi) White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat (M. leucogaster) Papua Grassland mosaic-tailed rat (M. lutillus) Manus Island mosaic-tailed rat (M. matambuai) Obi mosaic-tailed rat (M. obiensis) Pavel's Seram mosaic-tailed rat (M. paveli) Bramble Cay melomys (M. rubicola) Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat (M. rufescens) Buka Island mosaic-tailed rat (M. spechti) Long-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat (M. talaudium)

Paramelomys	Gressit's mosaic-tailed rat (P. gressitti) Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat (P. levipes) Lorentz's mosaic-tailed rat (P. lorentzii) Thomas's mosaic-tailed rat (P. mollis) Moncton's mosaic-tailed rat (P. moncktoni) Long-nosed paramelomys (P. naso) Lowland mosaic-tailed rat (P. platyops) Mountain mosaic-tailed rat (P. rubex) Stein's paramelomys (P. steini)

Protochromys	Red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat (P. fellowsi)

Solomys (Naked-tailed rats)	Poncelet's giant rat (S. ponceleti) Florida naked-tailed rat (S. salamonis) Bougainville naked-tailed rat (S. salebrosus) Isabel naked-tailed rat (S. sapientis) Buka Island solomys (S. spriggsarum)

Uromys (Giant naked-tailed rats)	Giant naked-tailed rat (U. anak) Biak giant rat (U. boeadii) Giant white-tailed rat (U. caudimaculatus) Emma's giant rat (U. emmae) Masked white-tailed rat (U. hadrourus) Bismarck giant rat (U. neobritanicus) King rat (U. rex) Great Key Island giant rat (U. siebersi)

Xeromys Division

Leptomys	L. arfakensis Long-footed water rat (L. elegans) Ernst Mayr's water rat (L. ernstmayri) L. paulus Fly River water rat (L. signatus)

Pseudohydromys (New Guinea false water rats)	Bishop moss-mouse (P. berniceae) Huon smalltoothed moss-mouse (P. carlae) Laurie's moss-mouse (P. eleanorae) One-toothed shrew-mouse (P. ellermani) Mottled-tailed shrew mouse (P. fuscus) German's one-toothed moss mouse (P. germani) Eastern shrew mouse (P. murinus) Musser's shrew mouse (P. musseri) Western shrew mouse (P. occidentalis) Woolley's moss-mouse (P. patriciae) Southern small-toothed moss-mouse (P. pumehanae) White-bellied moss-mouse (P. sandrae)

Xeromys	False water rat (X. myoides)

See also: Aethomys–Chrotomys; Colomys–Golunda; Hadromys–Maxomys; Melasmothrix–Mus; Oenomys–Pithecheir; Pogonomys–Pseudomys; Rattus; Otomys; Others

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