Mountain mosaic-tailed rat

Mountain mosaic-tailed rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Paramelomys
Species: P. rubex
Binomial name
Paramelomys rubex
(Thomas, 1922)

The mountain mosaic-tailed rat (Paramelomys rubex) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Notes

  1. Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Wright, D.; Aplin, K.; Helgen, K. (2008). "Paramelomys rubex". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T13131A3412507. Retrieved 6 August 2016.

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