Melomys burtoni

(E. P. Ramsay, 1887)

Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Hydromyini
Genus : Melomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ramsay, E.P. 1887-11-30. Description of two new species of marsupials (Perameles and Antechinus), and of a new species of Mus (_M. burtoni_), from the neighbourhood of Derby, N.W.A. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 12:551-553.

Original name as described

Mus burtoni

Other common names

Grassland Melomys

Type material

AM S.427

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

near Derby, Western Australia, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea · Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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