Black-tailed Mosaic-tailed Rat
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| Melomys rufescens (Alston, 1877) |
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gracilis (Thomas, 1906) |
The Black-tailed Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys rufescens) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It it found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Melomys gracilis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
- Baillie, J. 1996. Melomys rufescens. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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