Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Melomys |
Species: | M. bougainville
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Binomial name | |
Melomys bougainville Troughton, 1936
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The Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys bougainville) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found only in Papua New Guinea.
References
[edit]- ^ Leary, T.; Wright, D (2016). "Melomys bougainville". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13115A22420453. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T13115A22420453.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1375. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.