Large mosaic-tailed rat

Mammelomys rattoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Muridae
Genus:Mammelomys
Species: M. rattoides
Binomial name
Mammelomys rattoides
(Thomas, 1922)
Synonyms

Melomys rattoides Thomas, 1922

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

References

  1. Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, Wright; D., Helgen, K. & Aplin, K. (2016). "Mammelomys rattoides". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T13130A115109190. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T13130A22432459.en. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  • 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. p. 1358. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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