White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat

White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Melomys
Species: M. leucogaster
Binomial name
Melomys leucogaster
(Jentink, 1908)

The white-bellied mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys leucogaster) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. Aplin, K. (2016). "Melomys leucogaster". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T13123A22421348. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13123A22421348.en. Retrieved 9 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. 1378. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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